[32] جَمَاعَةٌ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ...
[32] جَمَاعَةٌ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ بْنِ يَحْيَى عَنِ الْعَلَاءِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ أَحَدَهُمَا (عليهما السلام) عَنِ التَّمَاثِيلِ فِي الْبَيْتِ فَقَالَ لَا بَأْسَ إِذَا كَانَتْ عَنْ يَمِينِكَ وَ عَنْ شِمَالِكَ وَ عَنْ خَلْفِكَ أَوْ تَحْتِ رِجْلَيْكَ وَ إِنْ كَانَتْ فِي الْقِبْلَةِ فَأَلْقِ عَلَيْهَا ثَوْباً .
A group has narrated from Ahmad ibn Mohammed from al-Hussain ibn Sa’id from Safwan ibn Yahya from al-‘Ala’, who from Mohammed ibn Muslim who has said the following: ‘I once asked one of the two Imams -asws about (offering Salat) in a house which has pictures. The Imam -asws said: ‘There is no offence in it if it (a picture) is on your right, left, behind you or under your feet. If it is in the direction of al-Qiblah, then cover it with a piece of cloth’.
[33] وَ رَوَى مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع أَنَّهُ قَالَ لَا بَأْسَ بِأَنْ تُصَلِّيَ عَلَى كُلِّ التَّمَاثِيلِ إِذَا جَعَلْتَهَا تَحْتَكَ Mohammed ibn Muslim narrates the following from Imam Mohammed Baqir -asws : When pictures are under your feet then there is no harm in offering Salat.
[34] وَ سَأَلَ لَيْثٌ الْمُرَادِيُّ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع عَنِ الْوَسَائِدِ تَكُونُ فِي الْبَيْتِ فِيهَا التَّمَاثِيلُ عَنْ يَمِينٍ أَوْ عَنْ شِمَالٍ فَقَالَ لَا بَأْسَ بِهِ مَا لَمْ تَكُنْ تُجَاهَ الْقِبْلَةِ وَ إِنْ كَانَ شَيْءٌ مِنْهَا بَيْنَ يَدَيْكَ مِمَّا يَلِي الْقِبْلَةَ فَغَطِّهِ وَ صَلِّ Imam Aba Abd Allah -asws was asked about offering Salat in a house, which has pillow with picture all around?
Imam -asws replied: ‘There is no harm if it is not in the direction of al-Kaabah but if it is, then one must cover it up with a cloth and only then offer Salat. [35] 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.
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