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741 - وَ سُئِلَ: عَنِ اَلتَّمَاثِيلِ تَكُونُ فِي اَلْبِسَاطِ لَهَا عَيْنَانِ وَ أَنْتَ تُصَلِّي فَقَالَ «إِنْ كَانَ لَهَا عَيْنٌ وَاحِدَةٌ فَلاَ بَأْسَ وَ إِنْ كَانَ لَهَا عَيْنَانِ وَ أَنْتَ تُصَلِّي فَلاَ.

Hadith.741 – He, Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as), was asked about images on a carpet that have two eyes while you are praying. Imam (as) said: "If it has one eye, then there is no harm, but if it has two eyes and you are praying, then it is not permissible."

742 - وَقَالَ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: «لاَ بَأْسَ بِالصَّلاَةِ وَ أَنْتَ تَنْظُرُ إِلَى اَلتَّصَاوِيرِ إِذَا كَانَتْ بِعَيْنٍ وَاحِدَةٍ.

Hadith.742 - Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as) said: "There is no harm in praying while looking at images if they have only one eye."

743 - وَقَالَ اَلصَّادِقُ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: «لاَ تُصَلِّ فِي دَارٍ فِيهَا كَلْبٌ إِلاَّ أَنْ يَكُونَ كَلْبَ صَيْدٍ وَ أَغْلَقْتَ دُونَهُ بَاباً فَلاَ بَأْسَ وَ إِنَّ اَلْمَلاَئِكَةَ لاَ تَدْخُلُ بَيْتاً فِيهِ كَلْبٌ وَ لاَ بَيْتاً فِيهِ تَمَاثِيلُ وَ لاَ بَيْتاً فِيهِ بَوْلٌ مَجْمُوعٌ فِي آنِيَةٍ.

Hadith.743 - Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as) said: "Do not pray in a house where there is a dog, except if it is a hunting dog and you have closed a door between you and it, then there is no harm. Indeed, the angels do not enter a house where there is a dog, nor a house with images, nor a house with urine collected in a container."

744 - وَ رَوَى أَبُو بَصِيرٍ عَنِ اَلصَّادِقِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ أَنَّهُ قَالَ - «مَنْ كَانَ فِي مَوْضِعٍ لاَ يَقْدِرُ عَلَى اَلْأَرْضِ فَلْيُومِ إِيمَاءً وَ إِنْ كَانَ فِي أَرْضٍ مُنْقَطِعَةٍ.

Hadith.744 - Abu Basir narrated from Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as) that He said: "Whoever is in a place where they cannot reach the ground should make gestures (for prayer), even if they are in a remote area”.

745 - وَ سَأَلَهُ سَمَاعَةُ بْنُ مِهْرَانَ: عَنِ اَلْأَسِيرِ يَأْسِرُهُ اَلْمُشْرِكُونَ فَتَحْضُرُهُ اَلصَّلاَةُ فَيَمْنَعُهُ اَلَّذِي أَسَرَهُ مِنْهَا فَقَالَ «يُومِئُ إِيمَاءً.

Hadith.745 - Sama’a ibn Mehran asked Him about a captive taken by the polytheists who is prevented from performing prayer by his captor. Imam (as) said: "He should make gestures (for prayer)."

746 - وَ سَأَلَ مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ وَهْبٍ أَبَا عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: عَنِ اَلرَّجُلِ وَ اَلْمَرْأَةِ يُصَلِّيَانِ فِي بَيْتٍ وَاحِدٍ فَقَالَ «إِذَا كَانَ بَيْنَهُمَا قَدْرُ شِبْرٍ صَلَّتْ بِحِذَاهُ وَحْدَهَا وَ هُوَ وَحْدَهُ لاَ بَأْسَ.

Hadith.746 - Muawiya ibn Wahb asked Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as) about a man and a woman praying in the same room. Imam (as) said: "If there is a space of about a handspan (shibr) between them, She may pray beside him alone and he alone; there is no harm."

747 - وَ فِي رِوَايَةِ زُرَارَةَ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: «إِذَا كَانَ بَيْنَهَا وَ بَيْنَهُ قَدْرُ مَا يُتَخَطَّى أَوْ قَدْرُ عَظْمِ ذِرَاعٍ فَصَاعِداً فَلاَ بَأْسَ إِنْ صَلَّتْ بِحِذَاهُ وَحْدَهَا.

Hadith.747 - In the narration of Zurarah from Imam Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Baqir (as), said: "If there is a distance between her and him that is about the length of a step or about the length of a cubit or more, then there is no harm if She prays beside him alone."

748 - وَ رَوَى جَمِيلٌ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ أَنَّهُ قَالَ - «لاَ بَأْسَ أَنْ تُصَلِّيَ اَلْمَرْأَةُ بِحِذَاءِ اَلرَّجُلِ وَ هُوَ يُصَلِّي فَإِنَّ اَلنَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اَللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ كَانَ يُصَلِّي وَ عَائِشَةُ مُضْطَجِعَةٌ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ وَ هِيَ حَائِضٌ وَ كَانَ إِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَسْجُدَ غَمَزَ رِجْلَيْهَا فَرَفَعَتْ رِجْلَيْهَا حَتَّى يَسْجُدَ.

Hadith.748 - Jamil narrated from Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as) in which He said: "There is no harm if a woman prays beside a man while he is praying. Indeed, The Prophet (sw) would pray while Aisha was lying down in front of him, even though She was menstruating. When he wanted to prostrate, he would touch her legs, and She would move them so that he could prostrate."

749 - رَوَى مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ أَنَّهُ سَأَلَهُ: عَنْ جِلْدِ اَلْمَيْتَةِ يُلْبَسُ فِي اَلصَّلاَةِ إِذَا دُبِغَ فَقَالَ «لاَ وَ إِنْ دُبِغَ سَبْعِينَ مَرَّةً.

Hadith.749 - Muhammad ibn Muslim narrated from Imam Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Baqir (as) that he asked him about wearing the skin of a dead animal (carrion) during prayer if it has been tanned. Imam (as) said: "No, even if it has been tanned seventy times."

750 - وَ سُئِلَ اَلصَّادِقُ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: عَنْ قَوْلِ اَللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ لِمُوسَى عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ «۝ فَاخْلَعْ نَعْلَيْكَ إِنَّكَ بِالْوٰادِ اَلْمُقَدَّسِ طُوىً ۝» قَالَ «كَانَتَا مِنْ جِلْدِ حِمَارٍ مَيِّتٍ.

Hadith.750 - Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as) was asked about the verse in which Allah (swt), the Mighty and Majestic, said to Musa (as): "Remove your sandals, for you are in the sacred valley of Tuwa" (Surah Taha 20:12). Imam (as) said: "They were made from the skin of a dead donkey."