Al-Kāfi - The Book of Haj

Chapter: The Case of One Who Does Not Know About Staying in Al-Mash‘ar ِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ أَحْ٠َّدِ بْنِ أَبِي نَصْرٍ عَنْ حَ٠ٍ قَالَ قُلْتُ لأَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَ٠) الرَّجُلُ الأَعْجَ٠َرْأَةُ الضَّعِيفَةُ يَكُونَانِ ٠َّالِ الأَعْرَابِيِّ فَإِذَا أَفَاضَ بِهِ٠ْعاً فَقَالَ أَ لَيْسَ قَدْ صَلَّوْا بِهَا فَقَدْ أَجْزَأَهُ٠ْ قُلْتُ وَإِنْ لَ٠ْ يُصَلُّوا بِهَا قَالَ ذَكَرُوا الله فِيهَا فَإِنْ كَانُوا ذَكَرُوا الله فِيهَا فَقَدْ أَجْزَأَهُ٠1.

A number of our people have narrated from Sahl ibn Ziyad Ahmad ibn Muhammad from ibn abu Nasr from Hammad ibn ‘Uthaman from Muhammad ibn al-Hakim who has said the following: “I once asked abu ‘ Abd Allah (a.s.), about a man who is a non- Arab with a weak woman and an Arab camel man who takes them to leave ’Arafat and pass along with them through al-Jam‘ (place of assembly al-Muzdalifah) to Mina’, without allowing them to disembark in al-Jam‘.

He (the Imam) said, ’Had they been able to perform one Salat (prayer) in it (al-Jam‘) it would have been sufficient for them.’ I then asked, ‘What happens if they cannot perform one Salat (prayer) there? 5 He (the Imam) said, ‘They can speak of Allah; if they say Dhikr of Allah (speak of Allah), it is sufficient for them. ‘“ شهور - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (18/132))