Al-Kafi · Hadith 1

The Book of Prayer · Performing Salah (Prayer) in Dangerous Conditions · Volume 3, book 4, chapter 86, Hadith 1

Original Arabic text

1ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ حَمَّادٍ عَنِ الْحَلَبِيِّ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلام) عَنْ صَلاَةِ الْخَوْفِ قَالَ يَقُومُ الإِمَامُ وَتَجِي‏ءُ طَائِفَةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ فَيَقُومُونَ خَلْفَهُ وَطَائِفَةٌ بِإِزَاءِ الْعَدُوِّ فَيُصَلِّي بِهِمُ الإِمَامُ رَكْعَةً ثُمَّ يَقُومُ وَيَقُومُونَ مَعَهُ فَيَمْثُلُ قَائِماً وَيُصَلُّونَ هُمُ الرَّكْعَةَ الثَّانِيَةَ ثُمَّ يُسَلِّمُ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَى بَعْضٍ ثُمَّ يَنْصَرِفُونَ فَيَقُومُونَ فِي مَقَامِ أَصْحَابِهِمْ وَيَجِي‏ءُ الآخَرُونَ فَيَقُومُونَ خَلْفَ الإِمَامِ فَيُصَلِّي بِهِمُ الرَّكْعَةَ الثَّانِيَةَ ثُمَّ يَجْلِسُ الإِمَامُ فَيَقُومُونَ هُمْ فَيُصَلُّونَ رَكْعَةً أُخْرَى ثُمَّ يُسَلِّمُ عَلَيْهِمْ فَيَنْصَرِفُونَ بِتَسْلِيمِهِ قَالَ وَفِي الْمَغْرِبِ مِثْلُ ذَلِكَ يَقُومُ الإِمَامُ وَتَجِي‏ءُ طَائِفَةٌ فَيَقُومُونَ خَلْفَهُ ثُمَّ يُصَلِّي بِهِمْ رَكْعَةً ثُمَّ يَقُومُ وَيَقُومُونَ فَيَمْثُلُ الإِمَامُ قَائِماً وَيُصَلُّونَ الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ فَيَتَشَهَّدُونَ وَيُسَلِّمُ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَى بَعْضٍ ثُمَّ يَنْصَرِفُونَ فَيَقُومُونَ فِي مَوْقِفِ أَصْحَابِهِمْ وَيَجِي‏ءُ الآخَرُونَ وَيَقُومُونَ خَلْفَ الإِمَامِ فَيُصَلِّي بِهِمْ رَكْعَةً يَقْرَأُ فِيهَا ثُمَّ يَجْلِسُ فَيَتَشَهَّدُ ثُمَّ يَقُومُ وَيَقُومُونَ مَعَهُ وَيُصَلِّي بِهِمْ رَكْعَةً أُخْرَى ثُمَّ يَجْلِسُ وَيَقُومُونَ هُمْ فَيُتِمُّونَ رَكْعَةً أُخْرَى ثُمَّ يُسَلِّمُ عَلَيْهِمْ.

Published English translation

1. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr from Hammad from al-Halabiy who has said the following: “I once asked abu ’Abd Allah (a.s.), about performing Salah (prayer) in fearful conditions. He (the Imam) said, ‘The Imam stands up and one group of his people comes and stands up behind him. The other group faces the enemy. The Imam performs one Rak‘at, then stands up and they also stand up. He remains standing but they perform the second Rak‘at, then say Salam (the phrase of offering greeting of peace) to each other and end their Salah (prayer). They then stand up in place of the other group facing the enemy. Now this group comes and stands up behind the Imam who performs the second Rak‘at with them. The Imam then sits down and they stand up to perform another Rak‘at. He then says Salam (the phrase of offering greeting of peace) and they also end their Salah (prayer) with his saying Salam.’ He (the Imam) said, ‘In al-Maghrib they do similarly. The Imam stands up and one group stands up behind him. He then performs one Rak‘at with them, then stands up and they also stand up. The Imam remains standing but they complete the two Rak‘at, say Tashahhud (testimonies of belief), Salam (the phrase of offering greeting of peace) to each other and end their Salah (prayer). They then stand guard in place of the other group who joins the Imam for Salah (prayer). He performs with them a Rak‘at with recitation, then sits down and says Tashahhud (testimonies of belief). He then stands up and they also stand up with him. He performs one more Rak‘at with them, then sits down but they stand up to complete another Rak‘at, then he says Salam (the phrase of offering greeting of peace) to them to end.’”

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Attributed scholarly assessments

Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi: حسن

Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (15/423)

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Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi: Catalogue non-inclusion note (not an authenticity grade)

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī

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