Chapter on the Prayer in the Ship

Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām|Volume 3|Book 2|Chapter 6
Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām

Volume 3, Book 2, Chapter 6

Chapter on the Prayer in the Ship

مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ اَلسِّنْدِيِّ عَنِ اِبْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ جَمِيلِ بْنِ دَرَّاجٍ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ عَنِ اَلصَّلاَةِ فِي اَلسَّفِينَةِ فَقَالَ« إِنَّ رَجُلاً أَتَى أَبِي فَسَأَلَهُ فَقَالَ إِنِّي أَكُونُ فِي اَلسَّفِينَةِ وَ اَلْجَدَدُ مِنِّي قَرِيباً فَأَخْرُجُ فَأُصَلِّي عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ لَهُ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ« أَ مَا تَرْضَى أَنْ تُصَلِّيَ بِصَلاَةِ نُوحٍ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ»»
Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Mahbub from Ali ibn al-Sindi from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr from Jamil ibn Darraj who said: I asked Abu Abdillah عليه السلام, peace be upon him, about prayer on a ship. Imam عليه السلام said: “A man came to my father (Imam al-Baqir عليه السلام) and asked him, saying: 'I am on a ship and the shore (al-jadd) is near to me, so I go out and pray on it.'” Abu Ja’far عليه السلام, peace be upon him, said to him: “Are you not content to pray with the prayer of Nuh عليه السلام, peace be upon him?”
  • Ali Akbar al-Ghaffari
    Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 3, p. 326
  • Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi
    Ṣaḥīḥ al-Tahdhīb, p. 296