Al-Kāfi - The Book of Haj

Chapter: Two Rak‘at salat (Prayer) after Tawaf; the Time for and Recitation of It and Prayers ِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ أَحْ٠َانَ عَنْ يَحْيَى الأَزْرَقِ عَنْ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَ٠) قَالَ قُلْتُ لَهُ إِنِّي طُفْتُ أَرْبَعَةَ أَسَابِيعَ فَأَعْيَيْتُ أَ فَأُصَلِّي رَكَعَاتِهَا وَأَنَا جَالِسٌ قَالَ لا قُلْتُ فَكَيْفَ يُصَلِّي الرَّجُلُ إِذَا اعْتَلَّ وَوَجَدَ فَتْرَةً صَلاةَ اللَّيْلِ جَالِساً وَهَذَا لا يُصَلِّي قَالَ فَقَالَ يَسْتَقِي٠ُ أَنْ تَطُوفَ وَأَنْتَ جَالِسٌ قُلْتُ لا قَالَ فَصَلِّ وَأَنْتَ قَائِ٠9.

A number of our people have narrated from Sahl ibn Ziyad from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from Hammad ibn ‘Isa from Yahya al- Arzaq who has said the following: “I once asked abu al-Hassan (a.s.), about my performing Tawaf in which after the fourth round of walking around the House I became tired: if I could perform its two Rak‘at Salat (prayer) in a sitting position.

He (the Imam) said, ‘No, you cannot do so.’ I then asked, ‘What should a person do in such case while in Salat (prayer) of night.

In this case if one feels weakness, it is permissible to perform them in sitting position, and in this case it is not permissible.’ He (the Imam) said, ‘Is it right to perform Tawaf and you are sitting?’ I replied, ‘No, it is not right.’ He (the Imam) then said, ‘Perform Salat (prayer) while you are standing.’” شهور - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (18/53))