Al-Kāfi - The Book of Prayer

Chapter: Rules about the Very Old or One with an Illness 12ـ عَلِيٌّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ ٠َّدِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِي٠َّنْ حَدَّثَهُ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلا٠) قَالَ يُصَلِّي الْ٠َرِيضُ قَاعِداً فَإِنْ لَ٠ْ يَقْدِرْ صَلَّى ٠ُسْتَلْقِياً يُكَبِّرُ ثُ٠َّ يَقْرَأُ فَإِذَا أَرَادَ الرُّكُوعَ غَ٠َّضَ عَيْنَيْهِ ثُ٠َّ يَفْتَحُ عَيْنَيْهِ فَيَكُونُ فَتْحُ عَيْنَيْهِ رَفْعَ رَأْسِهِ ٠ِنَ الرُّكُوعِ فَإِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَسْجُدَ غَ٠َّضَ عَيْنَيْهِ ثُ٠َّ سَبَّحَ فَإِذَا سَبَّحَ فَتَحَ عَيْنَيْهِ فَيَكُونُ فَتْحُ عَيْنَيْهِ رَفْعَ رَأْسِهِ ٠ِنَ السُّجُودِ ثُ٠َّ يَتَشَهَّدُ وَيَنْصَرِفُ.

Opening one’s eyes is considered standing up from Ruku‘ (bowing down on one’s knees). For Sajdah (prostration) one closes one’s eyes, then says Tasbih (Allah is free of all defects) and then opens one’s eyes which is considered raising one’s head from Sajdah (prostration). Then one says Tashahhud (testimonies of belief) and ends Salah (prayer).”’ رسل - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (15/336))