قُلْتُ لِأَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ( عليه السلام ) رَجُلٌ خَرَجَ مِنْ سَفِينَةٍ عُرْيَاناً أَوْ سُلِبَ ثِيَابُهُ وَ لَمْ يَجِدْ شَيْئاً يُصَلِّي فِيهِ فَقَالَ يُصَلِّي إِيمَاءً فَإِنْ كَانَتِ امْرَأَةً جَعَلَتْ يَدَهَا عَلَى فَرْجِهَا وَ إِنْ كَانَ رَجُلًا وَضَعَ يَدَهُ عَلَى سَوْأَتِهِ ثُمَّ يَجْلِسَانِ فَيُومِئَانِ إِيمَاءً وَ لَا يَسْجُدَانِ وَ لَا يَرْكَعَانِ فَيَبْدُو مَا خَلْفَهُمَا تَكُونُ صَلَاتُهُمَا إِيمَاءً بِرُءُوسِهِمَا قَالَ وَ إِنْ كَانَا فِي مَاءٍ أَوْ بَحْرٍ لُجِّيٍّ لَمْ يَسْجُدَا عَلَيْهِ وَ مَوْضُوعٌ عَنْهُمَا التَّوَجُّهُ فِيهِ يُومِئَانِ فِي ذَلِكَ إِيمَاءً رَفْعُهُمَا تَوَجُّهٌ وَ وَضْعُهُمَا .
Translation
Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Hammad, from Hareyz, from Zurara who said, ‘I said to Abu Ja’far, ‘A man comes out from a ship naked, or his clothes have been looted and he cannot find anything he can pray <span class="iTxt">Salāt</span> in’. So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘He should pray <span class="iTxt">Salāt</span> by gestures. So if it was a woman, she would make her hand to be upon her private part, and if it was a man he should place his hand upon his private part. Then they would sit indicating with gestures, neither perform <span class="iTxt">Sajdah</span> nor perform <span class="iTxt">Rukū</span> lest what is behind them be exposed. Their <span class="iTxt">Salāt</span> would be gesturing by their heads’. He<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘And if they were both in water, or sea waves, they would not perform Sajdah upon it, and the direction (facing Qiblah) would be dropped from them in it. They would be indicating in that with gestures, the direction (Qiblah) having been Raised from them and their ablutions’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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