He -asws said...
He -asws said: ‘There is no Salāt for him, unless if he were to begin with it, whether it be loudly or silently’. I said, ‘Which of the two is more beloved to you -asws , when he was fearful or in haste, should he recite with one Chapter or Opening of the Book (Chapter 1)?’ He -asws said: ‘Opening of the Book (Chapter 1)’.
[5] وَ مِنْهُ، بِإِسْنَادِهِ عَنْ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ قَالَ قَالَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ ع يَا ثُمَالِيُّ إِنَّ الصَّلَاةَ إِذَا أُقِيمَتْ جَاءَ الشَّيْطَانُ إِلَى قَرِينِ الْإِمَامِ فَيَقُولُ هَلْ ذَكَرَ رَبَّهُ فَإِنْ قَالَ نَعَمْ ذَهَبَ وَ إِنْ قَالَ لَا رَكِبَ عَلَى كَتِفَيْهِ فَكَانَ إِمَامَ الْقَوْمِ حَتَّى يَنْصَرِفُوا And from him, by his chain from Abu Hamza who said, ‘Ali -asws Bin Al-Husayn -asws said: ‘O Sumaly!
When the Salāt is established, the Satan -la comes to the companions of the prayer leader and says, ‘Did he mention his Lord -azwj (say Bismillah)?’ If he (the companion) says, ‘Yes’, he (the Satan -la ) goes away, and if he (the pair) says, ‘No’, he -la rides upon his shoulder and becomes a prayer leader of the people until they disperse’.
قَالَ فَقُلْتُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ لَيْسَ يَقْرَءُونَ الْقُرْآنَ قَالَ بَلَى لَيْسَ حَيْثُ تَذْهَبُ يَا ثُمَالِيُّ إِنَّمَا هُوَ الْجَهْرُ بِ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِ. He (the narrator) said, ‘I said, ‘May I be sacrificed for you -asws ! Aren’t they (non-Shias) reciting the Quran?’ He -asws said: ‘Yes! It isn’t where you are going (with it), O Sumaly!
But rather, it is the loud recitation of, ‘In the Name of Allah -azwj the Beneficent, the Merciful!’’ [6] الْخِصَالُ، عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْهَيْثَمِ وَ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ وَ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ وَ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ عَلِيِّ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْوَرَّاقِ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ يَحْيَى بْنِ زَكَرِيَّا عَنْ بَكْرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ حَبِيبٍ عَنْ تَمِيمِ بْنِ بُهْلُولٍ عَنْ أَبِي مُعَاوِيَةَ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنِ الصَّادِقِ ع قَالَ: الْإِجْهَارُ بِ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِ فِي الصَّلَاةِ وَاجِبٌ.
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