Salah (Prayer) for a Person in a Masjid

1. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Muhammad ibn al-Husayn from Musa ibn Talhah from abu Bakr ibn ‘Isa ibn Ahmad al-‘ Alaviy who has said the following: “Once I was in the Masjid when a dead body was brought in and I wanted to perform Salah (prayer) for the deceased. Abu al-Hassan, al-Awwal (a.s.), came to me, placed his elbow against my chest and pushed me back all the way out of the Masjid and then said, ‘O abu Bakr, Salah (prayer) for deceased people is not performed in Masjid.”’

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

1. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father and Muhammad ibn Isma‘il from af-Fadf ibn Shadhan from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr from Hafs al- Bakhtariy from Mansur al-Hazim who has said the following: “Abu ‘ Abd Allah (a.s.), has said that al-Qiran Hajj does not happen without offering sacrifice and one must do two Tawaf and a Sa‘y between al-Safa’ and al-Marwah, just as it is done in al-Hajj in al-Ifrad (an individual) manner, and al-Qiran Hajj is not more virtuous than al-Mufrid (individual) Hajj except for herding the sacrificial animal.”

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

1. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad and Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from all from ibn Mahbub from ibn Ri’ab from abu ‘ Ubaydah and Jamil ibn Salih from al-Fudayl who has said the following: “About the case of a man who marries a woman, goes to bed with her, makes her to give birth to children, then dies and she asks something of her mahr (dower) from the heirs of the deceased as well as her share of inheritance, abu Ja‘far (a.s.), has said, ‘She can ask for her share of inheritance but mahr (dower) is what she had received from her husband before going to bed with him and that is which made their marriage lawful, whether little or more as she took possession and accepted and he went to bed with her but thereafter she has nothing to ask for.’”

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

2. Abu Ali al-Ash’ariy has narrated from Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al-Jabbar from Safwan from ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn al-Hajjaj who has said the following: “This is concerning my question before abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about the case of a husband and wife who both die and the heirs of the woman ask the heirs of the man to pay her mahr (dower). He (the Imam) said, ‘There is no such right for them/ I then asked, ‘What happens if woman is living and after his death comes and asks for her mahr (dower)?’ He (the Imam) said, ‘There is nothing for her; she lived with him until his death.’ I then asked, ‘What happens if she dies and he lives and her heirs come and ask for her mahr (dower)?’ He (the Imam) said, ‘She lived with him until her death and did not ask.’ I said that that is true. He (the Imam) said, ‘They have no right.’ I then asked, ‘What happens if he divorces her and she asks for her mahr (dower).’ He (the Imam) said, ‘She had lived with him and did not ask for her mahr (dower), so there is nothing for her.’ I then asked, ‘When has she the right to ask for her mahr (dower)?’ He (the Imam) said, ‘When she is led to his house until she arrives, her demand thereafter is nothing for her, such time is a great deal. She can ask him to take an oath by Allah saying that he does not owe her any mahr (dower), small or large.’”

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

3. Ali has narrated from his father from ‘Abd Allah ibn al-Mughirah from ‘Abd Allah ibn Sinan who has said the following: “I once said to abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), that I drove the offering animal and performed al- Qiran al-Hajj. He (the Imam) said, ‘Why did you not perform al-Hajj al-Tamattu‘ (advantageous) which is more virtuous?’ He (the Imam) then said, ‘It is sufficient for you in it to perform one Tawaf around the House and one Sa‘y between al-Safa’ and al-Marwah.’ He (the Imam) said, ‘Perform Tawaf around al-Ka‘bah on the day of sacrifice.’” (The rest of Ahadith in this as well as the following Chapters are best explained in the form of fatwa).

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

3. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from ibn Mahbub from abu Ayyub from abu ‘Ubaydah who has said the following: “About the case of a man who marries a woman but he does not go to bed with her and she claims that her mahr (dower) is one hundred dinar while the husband says that it is fifty dinar and there is no witness, abu Ja’far (a.s.), has said, ‘The words of the husband are accepted on oath.’”

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

4. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Muhammad ibn Ahmad from Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al-Hamid from abu Jamilah from al- Hassan ibn Ziyad who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘When a man goes to bed with his wife then she asks for her mahr (dower) and he says that he has paid, he must present testimony and take an oath.’”

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

2. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from ibn abu ‘Umayr from Mu‘awiyah ibn ‘Ammar who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah, ‘Alayhi al-Salam, has said, ‘One who performs al-Qiran al-Hajj is required to drive the offering animal, he must perform Tawaf around the House, two Rak‘at Salat (prayer) near Maqam of Ibrahim ‘Alayhi al-Salam, Sa‘y between al-Safa’ and al-Marwah, and one Tawaf after al-Hajj, which is Tawaf of women.’”

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.