Chapter on the Manner of Prayer, Explanation of the Fifty-One Rak‘ahs; The Order, Recitation, Tasbih in Bowing and Prostration, Qunut, and What is Obligatory and Recommended Therein

Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām|Volume 2|Book 1|Chapter 8

Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām

Volume 2, Book 1, Chapter 8

Chapter on the Manner of Prayer, Explanation of the Fifty-One Rak‘ahs; The Order, Recitation, Tasbih in Bowing and Prostration, Qunut, and What is Obligatory and Recommended Therein

Hadith #245

فَأَمَّا مَا رَوَاهُ سَعْدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ اَلْبَرْقِيِّ عَنِ اَلْمَرْزُبَانِ بْنِ عِمْرَانَ عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ يَزِيدَ قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ أَقُومُ وَ قَدْ طَلَعَ اَلْفَجْرُ فَإِنْ أَنَا بَدَأْتُ بِالْفَجْرِ صَلَّيْتُهَا فِي أَوَّلِ وَقْتِهَا وَ إِنْ بَدَأْتُ فِي صَلاَةِ اَللَّيْلِ وَ اَلْوَتْرِ صَلَّيْتُ اَلْفَجْرَ فِي وَقْتِ هَؤُلاَءِ فَقَالَ« اِبْدَأْ بِصَلاَةِ اَللَّيْلِ وَ اَلْوَتْرِ وَ لاَ تَجْعَلْ ذَلِكَ عَادَةً»

As for what was narrated by Sa‘d ibn Abdullah, from Ahmad ibn Muhammad, from al-Barqi, from al-Marzuban ibn ‘Imran, from ‘Umar ibn Yazid. He said: I said to Abu Abdillah : “I rise and the dawn has already appeared. If I begin with the Fajr prayer, I perform it at its earliest time; but if I begin with the night prayer and the witr, I end up praying Fajr at the time these people do (later).” So Imam said: “Begin with the night prayer and the witr, but do not make that a habit.”

Ali Akbar al-Ghaffari
Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 2, p. 134