828 - قال الصادق عليه السلام: " السجود على الأرض فريضة وعلى غير ذلك سنة.
Hadith.828 - Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as) said: "Prostration (Sujood) on the earth is obligatory (fardh), while prostrating on other than that is a recommended practice (sunnah)."
829 - وَقَالَ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: «اَلسُّجُودُ عَلَى طِينِ قَبْرِ اَلْحُسَيْنِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ يُنَوِّرُ إِلَى اَلْأَرْضِ اَلسَّابِعَةِ.
Hadith.829 - Imam (as) said: "Prostrating on the clay from the grave of Imam Hussain ibn Ali (as) illuminates to the seventh layer of the earth."
830 - وَ رَوَى حَمَّادُ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ أَنَّهُ قَالَ: «اَلسُّجُودُ عَلَى مَا أَنْبَتَتِ اَلْأَرْضُ إِلاَّ مَا أُكِلَ أَوْ لُبِسَ.
Hadith.830 - Hamad ibn Uthman narrated from Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as) that He said: "Prostration is to be done on what the earth produces, except for that which is eaten or worn."
831 - وَ رُوِيَ عَنْ يَاسِرٍ اَلْخَادِمِ أَنَّهُ قَالَ: مَرَّ بِي أَبُو اَلْحَسَنِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ وَ أَنَا أُصَلِّي عَلَى اَلطَّبَرِيِّ وَ قَدْ أَلْقَيْتُ عَلَيْهِ شَيْئاً فَقَالَ لِي «مَا لَكَ لاَ تَسْجُدُ عَلَيْهِ أَ لَيْسَ هُوَ مِنْ نَبَاتِ اَلْأَرْضِ.
Hadith.831 - It was narrated from the Yāsir al-Khadim that He said: "Abu al-Hasan (as) passed by me while I was praying on a piece of ṭabarī (a mat) upon which I had placed something. Imam (as) said to me: 'Why do you not prostrate on it? Is it not from what the earth produces?'"
832 - وَ سَأَلَ اَلْمُعَلَّى بْنُ خُنَيْسٍ أَبَا عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: عَنِ اَلصَّلاَةِ عَلَى اَلْقُفْرِ وَ اَلْقِيرِ فَقَالَ «لاَ بَأْسَ بِهِ.
Hadith.832 - Al-Mu'alla ibn Khunays asked Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as) about praying on qufr (bare ground or desert soil) and qīr (a type of tar or pitch). Imam (as) said: "There is no issue with it”.
833 - وَ سَأَلَ اَلْحَسَنُ بْنُ مَحْبُوبٍ أَبَا اَلْحَسَنِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: عَنِ اَلْجِصِّ يُوقَدُ عَلَيْهِ بِالْعَذِرَةِ وَ عِظَامِ اَلْمَوْتَى ثُمَّ يُجَصَّصُ بِهِ اَلْمَسْجِدُ أَ يُسْجَدُ عَلَيْهِ فَكَتَبَ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ إِلَيْهِ بِخَطِّهِ «أَنَّ اَلنَّارَ وَ اَلْمَاءَ قَدْ طَهَّرَاهُ.
Hadith.833 - Al-Hasan ibn Mahbub asked Imam Abu al-Hasan (as) about gypsum (plaster) that was fired using dung and the bones of the dead, and whether it would be permissible to prostrate on it if a mosque was plastered with it. The Imam wrote back in his own handwriting: "Fire and water have purified it”.
834 - وَ سَأَلَ دَاوُدُ بْنُ أَبِي زَيْدٍ أَبَا اَلْحَسَنِ اَلثَّالِثَ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: عَنِ اَلْقَرَاطِيسِ وَ اَلْكَوَاغِذِ اَلْمَكْتُوبَةِ عَلَيْهَا هَلْ يَجُوزُ عَلَيْهَا اَلسُّجُودُ فَكَتَبَ «يَجُوزُ.
Hadith.834 - Dawud ibn Abi Zayd asked Imam Abu al-Hasan al-Thalith (as) about prostrating on papers and documents with writing on them. The Imam wrote back: "It is permissible."
835 - وَ سَأَلَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ يَقْطِينٍ أَبَا اَلْحَسَنِ اَلْأَوَّلَ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: عَنِ اَلرَّجُلِ يَسْجُدُ عَلَى اَلْمِسْحِ وَ اَلْبِسَاطِ فَقَالَ «لاَ بَأْسَ إِذَا كَانَ فِي حَالِ اَلتَّقِيَّةِ.
Hadith.835 - Ali ibn Yaqtin asked Imam Abu al-Hasan al-Awwal (as) about a man prostrating on a misḥ (a type of mat or rug) and on a carpet. The Imam said: "There is no issue if it is in a situation of taqiyya (precautionary dissimulation to protect oneself)."
836 - وَ سَأَلَ مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ أَبَا عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: عَنِ اَلصَّلاَةِ عَلَى اَلْقَارِ فَقَالَ «لاَ بَأْسَ بِهِ.
Hadith.836 - Muawiya ibn Ammar asked Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as) about praying on qār (bitumen or tar). The Imam said: "There is no issue with it”.
¸ 837 - وَ رَوَى زُرَارَةُ عَنْ أَحَدِهِمَا عَلَيْهِمَا اَلسَّلاَمُ أَنَّهُ قَالَ: قُلْتُ لَهُ اَلرَّجُلُ يَسْجُدُ وَ عَلَيْهِ قَلَنْسُوَةٌ أَوْ عِمَامَةٌ فَقَالَ «إِذَا مَسَّ شَيْءٌ مِنْ جَبْهَتِهِ اَلْأَرْضَ فِيمَا بَيْنَ حَاجِبَيْهِ وَ قُصَاصِ شَعْرِهِ فَقَدْ أَجْزَأَ عَنْهُ.
Hadith.837 - Zurarah narrated from one of the Imams (as) that He said: "I asked him about a man prostrating while wearing a cap or a turban. Imam (as) said: 'If any part of his forehead touches the ground, between his eyebrows and his hairline, then it suffices.'"
838 - وَقَالَ يُونُسُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ: رَأَيْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ يُسَوِّي اَلْحَصَى فِي مَوْضِعِ سُجُودِهِ بَيْنَ اَلسَّجْدَتَيْنِ.
Hadith.838 - Yunus ibn Ya'qub said: "I saw Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as) leveling the pebbles at the place of his prostration between the two prostrations."
839 - وَ رُوِيَ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ بَجِيلٍ أَنَّهُ قَالَ: رَأَيْتُ جَعْفَرَ بْنَ مُحَمَّدٍ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ كُلَّمَا سَجَدَ فَرَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ أَخَذَ اَلْحَصَى مِنْ جَبْهَتِهِ فَوَضَعَهُ عَلَى اَلْأَرْضِ.
Hadith.839 - It was narrated from Ali ibn Bajil that He said: "I saw Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as), every time he prostrated and then raised his head, he would take the pebbles from his forehead and place them back on the ground."
840 - وَ رَوَى عَمَّارٌ اَلسَّابَاطِيُّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ أَنَّهُ قَالَ: «مَا بَيْنَ قُصَاصِ اَلشَّعْرِ إِلَى طَرَفِ اَلْأَنْفِ مَسْجِدٌ فَمَا أَصَابَ اَلْأَرْضَ مِنْهُ فَقَدْ أَجْزَأَكَ.
Hadith.840 - Ammar al-Sabati narrate from Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as) that He said: "The area between the hairline and the tip of the nose is considered a place of prostration (masjid), so whatever part of it touches the ground suffices."
841 - وَ سَأَلَ رَجُلٌ اَلصَّادِقَ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: عَنِ اَلْمَكَانِ يَكُونُ فِيهِ اَلْغُبَارُ فَأَنْفُخُهُ إِذَا أَرَدْتُ اَلسُّجُودَ فَقَالَ «لاَ بَأْسَ.
Hadith.841 - A man asked Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as) bout a place with dust where he wanted to blow it away before prostrating. The Imam said: "There is no issue”.
842 - وَ رُوِيَ عَنِ اَلصَّادِقِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ أَنَّهُ قَالَ: «إِنَّمَا يُكْرَهُ ذَلِكَ خَشْيَةَ أَنْ يُؤْذَى مَنْ إِلَى جَانِبِهِ.
Hadith.842 - It was narrated from Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as) that He said: "It is disliked (makruh) because it may cause harm to the person next to him."
