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Reading in the Last Two Rak‘at and Tasbih Therein

alkafi-4998Vol. 3, p. 319

سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع عَنِ الْقِرَاءَةِ خَلْفَ الْإِمَامِ فِي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ الْأَخِيرَتَيْنِ فَقَالَ الْإِمَامُ يَقْرَأُ فَاتِحَةَ الْكِتَابِ وَ مَنْ خَلْفَهُ يُسَبِّحُ فَإِذَا كُنْتَ وَحْدَكَ فَاقْرَأْ فِيهِمَا وَ إِنْ شِئْتَ فَسَبِّحْ.

“I once asked abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about reading in the case of one who performs behind an Imam in last two Rak‘at. He (the Imam) said, ‘He reads al-Fatihah al-Kitab and everyone behind him reads Tasbih. When performing Salah (prayer) alone, read (al-Fatihah) in the two last Rak‘at or say Tasbih if you like.’”

alkafi-4999Vol. 3, p. 319

قُلْتُ لِأَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع مَا يُجْزِئُ مِنَ الْقَوْلِ فِي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ الْأَخِيرَتَيْنِ قَالَ أَنْ تَقُولَ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ وَ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ وَ تُكَبِّرُ وَ تَرْكَعُ.

2. Muhammad ibn ’Isma‘il has narrated from al-Fadl ibn Shadhan from Hammad ibn ‘Isa from Hariz from Zurarah who has said the following: “I once asked abu Ja‘far, ‘Alayhi al-Salam, about what is a sufficient reading in the last two Rak‘at.

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