قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) إِذَا دَخَلَ وَقْتُ الْفَرِيضَةِ أَتَنَفَّلُ أَوْ أَبْدَأُ بِالْفَرِيضَةِ فَقَالَ إِنَّ الْفَضْلَ أَنْ تَبْدَأَ بِالْفَرِيضَةِ وَ إِنَّمَا أُخِّرَتِ الظُّهْرُ ذِرَاعاً مِنْ عِنْدِ الزَّوَالِ مِنْ أَجْلِ صَلَاةِ الْأَوَّابِينَ .
Translation
Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Abu Ayoub, from Muhammad Bin Muslim who said, ‘I said to Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup>, ‘When the time for the Obligatory (<span class="iTxt">Salāt</span>) enters, shall I pray the Optional or begin with the Obligatory?’ So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘It is preferred that you begin with the Obligatory, and rather delay Al-Zohr from the midday due to the reason of a <span class="iTxt">Salāt</span> of the repentants’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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