Muhammad Bin Ahmad...

Muhammad Bin Ahmad, from Hammad, from Hareyz, from Zurara, (It has been narrated) from Abu Ja’far -asws , said, ‘I said to him -asws , ‘What is your -asws view if there do not happen to be soldier covering the position does not happen to be upon an ablution.

What should he do and he is not able upon the dismounting?’ He -asws said: ‘He can perform Tayammum from his pad, or his saddle, or the mane of his animal, for there would be dust therein; and he can pray Salāt and make the Sajdah to be lower than the Rukū , and he would not turn towards the Qiblah, but in whichever direction his animal turns, apart from that he should face the Qiblah with the first exclamation of Takbīr where he was attentive’.

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Al-Amraky Bin Ali, (It has been narrated) from Ali son of Ja’far -asws , from his brother -asws Abu Al-Hassan -asws , said, ‘I asked him -asws about the man who faces the predatory wild animal and the time for the Salāt comes up, and he is not able upon the walking, fearing the predatory wild animal. So if he were to stand to Pray Salāt , he would fear the lion in his Rukū and his Sajdah, and the lion is in front of him upon (a direction) other than the Qiblah.

So if he were to divert towards the Qiblah, he fears that the lion would leap upon him. How should he deal with it?’ So he -asws said: ‘He should face the lion, and he should pray Salāt gesturing by his head with gestures, and he would be standing; and even if the lion was upon (a direction) other than the Qiblah’. [21] [1] Al Kafi V 2 – The Book Of Belief and Disbelief CH 33 H 11 [2] Al-Kafi, Vol. 8, H. 14742 [3] Al-Kafi, Vol.