Imam -asws replied...

Imam -asws replied: ‘There is no harm if it is not in the direction of al-Kabah but if it is, then one must cover it up with a cloth and only then offer Salat. [39] وَ سُئِلَ عَنِ التَّمَاثِيلِ تَكُونُ فِي الْبِسَاطِ لَهَا عَيْنَانِ وَ أَنْتَ تُصَلِّي فَقَالَ إِنْ كَانَ لَهَا عَيْنٌ وَاحِدَةٌ فَلَا بَأْسَ وَ إِنْ كَانَ لَهَا عَيْنَانِ وَ أَنْتَ تُصَلِّي فَلَا Imam -asws was asked about offering Salat on the floor, which has pictures, that even has two eyes?

Imam -asws replied: ‘There is no harm if picture has one eye but if it has two eyes then one cannot offer Salat, even if one wants to.

[40] وَ سَأَلَ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ الْحَجَّاجِ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع عَنِ الدَّرَاهِمِ السُّودِ تَكُونُ مَعَ الرَّجُلِ وَ هُوَ يُصَلِّي مَرْبُوطَةً أَوْ غَيْرَ مَرْبُوطَةٍ فَقَالَ مَا أَشْتَهِي أَنْ يُصَلِّيَ وَ مَعَهُ هَذِهِ الدَّرَاهِمُ الَّتِي فِيهَا التَّمَاثِيلُ ثُمَّ قَالَ ع مَا لِلنَّاسِ بُدٌّ مِنْ حِفْظِ بَضَائِعِهِمْ فَإِنْ صَلَّى وَ هِيَ مَعَهُ فَلْتَكُنْ مِنْ خَلْفِهِ وَ لَا يَجْعَلْ شَيْئاً مِنْهَا بَيْنَهُ وَ بَيْنَ الْقِبْلَةِ Once Abd ur Rahman ibn al-Hajjaj asked from Abu Abd Allah -asws regarding a person who has Sudanese Dirham and is offering Salat with or without having them attached to himself?

Imam -asws replied: I do not like a person who is offering Salat while having those coins on him, which have pictures. However, people need to protect their money, so in that case he may put them behind or in a way that these do not come between him and the Kabah.

[41] APPENDIX IV: Dome over the Holy Grave of Amir ul-Momineen -asws قد روى أبو الفرج علي بن عبد الرحمن الجوزي‏ عن أبي الغنائم قال‏ مات بالكوفة ثلاثمائة صحابي ليس قبر أحد منهم معروفا إلا قبر أمير المؤمنين ع و هو القبر الذي تزوره‏ الناس الآن جاء جعفر بن محمد و أبوه محمد بن علي بن الحسين ع فزاراه و لم يكن إذ ذاك قبر ظاهر و إنما كان به شيوخ أيضا حتى جاء محمد بن زيد الداعي صاحب الديلم فأظهر القبة انتهى كلامه‏.

It has been reported by Abu Al Faraj Ali Bin Abdul Rahman Al Jowzy, from Abu Al Ghanaim who said, ‘Three hundred of my companions have died at Al-Kufa, there is no known grave of any one of them, except for the grave of Amir Al-Momineen -asws , and it is the grave which the people are visiting now. Ja’far -asws Bin Muhammad -asws , and his -asws father Muhammad -asws Bin Ali Bin Al-Husayn -asws had come and visited it, and it would not have so happened unless that was the apparent grave.

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