سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ الرَّجُلِ يَأْتِي الْمَسْجِدَ وَ قَدْ صَلَّى أَهْلُهُ أَ يَبْتَدِئُ بِالْمَكْتُوبَةِ أَوْ يَتَطَوَّعُ فَقَالَ إِنْ كَانَ فِي وَقْتٍ حَسَنٍ فَلَا بَأْسَ بِالتَّطَوُّعِ قَبْلَ الْفَرِيضَةِ وَ إِنْ كَانَ خَافَ الْفَوْتَ مِنْ أَجْلِ مَا مَضَى مِنَ الْوَقْتِ فَلْيَبْدَأْ بِالْفَرِيضَةِ وَ هُوَ حَقُّ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ ثُمَّ لْيَتَطَوَّعْ بِمَا شَاءَ أَلَا هُوَ مُوَسَّعٌ أَنْ يُصَلِّيَ الْإِنْسَانُ فِي أَوَّلِ دُخُولِ وَقْتِ الْفَرِيضَةِ النَّوَافِلَ إِلَّا أَنْ يَخَافَ فَوْتَ الْفَرِيضَةِ وَ الْفَضْلُ إِذَا صَلَّى الْإِنْسَانُ وَحْدَهُ أَنْ يَبْدَأَ بِالْفَرِيضَةِ إِذَا دَخَلَ وَقْتُهَا لِيَكُونَ فَضْلُ أَوَّلِ الْوَقْتِ لِلْفَرِيضَةِ وَ لَيْسَ بِمَحْظُورٍ عَلَيْهِ أَنْ يُصَلِّيَ النَّوَافِلَ مِنْ أَوَّلِ الْوَقْتِ إِلَى قَرِيبٍ مِنْ آخِرِ الْوَقْتِ .
Translation
Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Muhammad Bin Al Husayn, from Usman Bin Isa, from Sama’at who said, ‘I asked him<sup>asws</sup> about the man who comes over to the Masjid and its inhabitants have already prayed <span class="iTxt">Salāt</span>. Should he begin with the Prescribed <span class="iTxt">Salāt</span> or Optional?’ So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘If he was within good timing, so there is no problem with the Optional before the Obligatory; and if he was fearing the missing out due to the passing of the time, so let him begin with the Obligatory, and it is a Right of Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Mighty and Majestic. Then let him pray Optional with whatever he so desires to. Indeed! The person is with leeway to pray the Optional during the beginning of the time of the Obligatory (<span class="iTxt">Salāt</span>) entering, unless he fears losing the Obligatory; and the superior is when the person prays alone, is that he should begin with the Obligatory, when its time enters in order for the merit of the beginning of the time to be for the Obligatory. And it is not forbidden upon him that he prays the Optional <span class="iTxt">Salāt</span> from the beginning of the time up to near to the end of the time’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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