كَتَبْتُ إِلَى أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ( عليه السلام ) رَجُلٌ يَقْضِي شَيْئاً مِنْ صَلَاتِهِ الْخَمْسِينَ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ الْحَرَامِ أَوْ فِي مَسْجِدِ الرَّسُولِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) أَوْ فِي مَسْجِدِ الْكُوفَةِ أَ تُحْسَبُ لَهُ الرَّكْعَةُ عَلَى تَضَاعُفِ مَا جَاءَ عَنْ آبَائِكَ ( عليهم السلام ) فِي هَذِهِ الْمَسَاجِدِ حَتَّى يُجْزِئَهُ إِذَا كَانَتْ عَلَيْهِ عَشَرَةُ آلَافِ رَكْعَةٍ أَنْ يُصَلِّيَ مِائَةَ رَكْعَةٍ أَوْ أَقَلَّ أَوْ أَكْثَرَ وَ كَيْفَ يَكُونُ حَالُهُ فَوَقَّعَ ( عليه السلام ) يُحْسَبُ لَهُ بِالضِّعْفِ فَأَمَّا أَنْ يَكُونَ تَقْصِيراً مِنَ الصَّلَاةِ بِحَالِهَا فَلَا يَفْعَلُ هُوَ إِلَى الزِّيَادَةِ أَقْرَبُ مِنْهُ إِلَى النُّقْصَانِ .
Translation
Ali Bin Muhammad, from Sahl Bin Ziyad, from Muhammad Bin Al-Rayyan who said, ‘I wrote to Abu Ja’far<sup>asws</sup>, ‘A man fulfils something from his (outstanding) fifty <span class="iTxt">Salāts</span> in the Sacred Masjid, or in the Masjid of Rasool-Allah<sup>saww</sup>, or in Masjid Al-Kufa. Would the one <span class="iTxt">Rak’at</span> of his be Reckoned for him upon the multiplication of what has come from your<sup>asws</sup> forefathers<sup>asws</sup> regarding these Masjids, to extent that it would suffice him, when there were ten thousand (outstanding) <span class="iTxt">Rak’at</span> upon him, if he were to pray one hundred <span class="iTxt">Rak’at</span>, or less, or more? And what would be his state?’ So he<sup>asws</sup> signed: ‘It would be Reckoned for him with the multiple. But, if there happen to be shortened ones from the <span class="iTxt">Salāt</span>, (these would be) at their state. So he would not do it except for the increase, being closer to it than the deficiency’.
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