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Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh

Shaykh Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Ṣaduq

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Description of the Prayer From Its Beginning to Its End

926. hadíth

928 - وَ سَأَلَ طَلْحَةُ اَلسُّلَمِيُّ أَبَا عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: لِأَيِّ عِلَّةٍ تُوضَعُ اَلْيَدَانِ عَلَى اَلْأَرْضِ فِي اَلسُّجُودِ قَبْلَ اَلرُّكْبَتَيْنِ فَقَالَ «لِأَنَّ اَلْيَدَيْنِ بِهِمَا مِفْتَاحُ اَلصَّلاَةِ.

Hadith.928 - Talha al-Salmi asked Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as), "Why do the hands touch the ground before the knees during Sujood (prostration)?" Imam (as) replied: "Because the hands are the key to prayer."

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