Chapter on the Prayer of Fear
Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām|Volume 3|Book 2|Chapter 7
عَنْهُ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ اَلْحَكَمِ عَنْ أَبَانِ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اَلرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ عَنْ قَوْلِ اَللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ« فَإِنْ خِفْتُمْ فَرِجٰالاً أَوْ رُكْبٰاناً» كَيْفَ نُصَلِّي وَ مَا تَقُولُ إِنْ خَافَ مِنْ سَبُعٍ أَوْ لِصٍّ كَيْفَ يُصَلِّي قَالَ« يُكَبِّرُ وَ يُومِئُ بِرَأْسِهِ»
From him, from Ali ibn al-Hakam from Aban ibn Uthman from Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi Abdillah who said:
I asked Abu Abdillah عليه السلام: “About the saying of Allah سبحانه وتعالى, the Mighty and Majestic: “But if you fear, then (pray) on foot or riding” (Surah Al Baqarah 2:239). How do we pray? And what do you say if one fears a wild beast or a thief, how should he pray?” Imam عليه السلام said: “He says the takbir and gestures with his head.”
- Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 3, p. 331
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Tahdhīb, p. 298