Virtue of Charity

Giving Charity Repels Misfortune

The Virtue of Giving Charity Out of Public Sight

Giving Charity During the Night

Giving Charity Increases One’s Wealth

Giving Charity to Relatives

Providing for the Family to Improve the Quality of Their Lives

One’s Dependents

Giving Charity to Those Whom One Does Not Know

Giving Charity to Bedouins and People Who Live in Desolate Areas

Undesirability of Turning Away One Asking for Help

The Amount of Charity for One Asking for Help

The Prayer of the Recipient of Charity

One Who Distributes Charity Has a Share in Rewards with the Donor of Charity

Self-Abnegation (Giving Preference to Others Over One’s Self)

One Who Asks for Help Without Actually Needing Help

Unpleasantness of Begging

Embarrassing the Recipient of a Favor

Giving Charity After an Appeal From a Recipient

Benevolent Assistance (Optional Charity as Opposed to Compulsory Ones)

The Virtue of Benevolent Assistance

Another Chapter about the Subject of the Previous Chapter

Providing Benevolent Assistance Repels Wicked Encounters

Providers of Benevolent Assistance Will be Identified as Such on the Day of Judgment

Completion of Benevolent Assistance

Finding a Proper Recipient of Benevolent Assistance

Disciplines for Providing Benevolent Assistance

Refusing to Appreciate a Benevolent Assistance

Providing a Loan

Extending Due Date of Payment in Favor of the Borrower

Waiving a Loan in Favor of a Dead Person

The Cost of Maintenance of Wealth

Appreciation of Bounties

Understanding Generosity and Munificence

Spending on Deserving Causes

Stinginess and Greed

Rare Ahadith about Charity

Virtue of Serving Food

The Excellence of Moderation

Detestability of Over-Spending and Living in Austerity

Providing Water for Drinking

Charity for Descendents of al-Hashim and the People of Their Household (Servants) and Compensation to Them

The Rare Ahadith

The Excellence of Fast and Fasting

The Excellence of the Month of Ramadan

About the One Who Serves Food to a Fasting Person

Prohibition of Saying ‘Ramadan’ Instead of the ‘Month of Ramadan’

The Words to Say When the Month of Ramadan is About to Begin

Verifying the Rise of the New Moon and Finding Witnesses for It

Another Chapter about the Previous Subject

The Day That Is Doubtful About Its Being of the Month of Sha‘ban or the Month of Ramadan

Kinds of Fasts

Disciplines During Fasting

The Fasting of the Messenger of Allah, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause

Excellence of Fasting in the Month of Shaman, Continuing Such Fast to Connect it with the Month of Ramadan, and Three Days of Fasting Every Month

Breakfast before Dawn

The Prayer to Say During Breakfast after Sunset

Fasting Continuously and All the Time

The Case of One Who Eats or Drinks but Has Doubts About Its Taking Place before or after Dawn

What Is Dawn, When Does It Come and When Is It Unlawful to Eat?

The Case of One Who Eats, Thinking it to Be after Sunset, when It Is Not yet Sunset

The Time of Breaking Fast after Sunset

The Case of One who Eats or Drinks out of Forgetfulness During the Month of Ramadan

The Case of One Who Knowingly Eats or Is Involved in Carnal Relation During the Month of Ramadan

The Case of a Person Involved in Carnal Relations in the Form of Kissing or Foreplay

The Case of One Who Experiences a Wet-Dream During the Night in the Month of Ramadan or at Other Times and Does Not Shower before Dawn or It Occurs During the Night or Day

The Undesirability of Immersing One’s Head in Water while Fasting

Rinsing One’s Mouth and Nostrils while Fasting

The Case of a Fasting Person’s Vomiting, Nauseating or Burping

The Case of a Fasting Person’s Use of Bath Room and Apply Cupping

The Case of a Fasting Person’s Sniffling or Use of Eardrops or Enema

The Case of a Fasting Person’s Use of Kohl (Eye Drops or powder)

A Fasting Person’s Use of Tooth Brush

A Fasting Person’s Use of Perfumes

A Fasting Person’s Use of Chewing Gum

The Case of a Fasting Person Tasting the Salt in Cooking Pot and Chews for the Fledgling

The Case of a Fly or Mucus Entering the Throat of a Fasting Person

The Case of a Fasting Person’s Keeping a Ring, a Pebble or a Date Stone in His Mouth while Fasting

The Case of Seniors Who Feel Weak when Fasting

The Case of a Pregnant or Breastfeeding Woman Who Feels Weak when Fasting

The Limit of Illness That Exempts One from Fasting

The Case of One Who Remains Ill for Two Consecutive Months of Ramadan

Remedy and Compensatory Fast for the Missed Fasting During the Month of Ramadan

The Case of One Who Wakes up in the Morning with an Intention to Fast, but Who Does Not Do So or Vice Versa when Fasting Is a Compensatory Fast for the Missed Fast in the Month of Ramadan or Other Days

The Case of One Who Fasts Optionally while He Is Obligated to Make Up for Fasting of the Month of Ramadan He Has Missed

The Case of a Person Who Passes Away Owing Fasting of the Month of Ramadan or Other Times

Children’s Fasting and When They Owe Fasting

The Case of One Who Becomes a Muslim during the Month of Ramadan

Undesirability of Traveling in the Month of Ramadan

Undesirability (unlawfulness) of Fast on a Journey

The Case of One Who Fasts on a Journey out of Ignorance

Those Who Do or Do Not Have to Break Their Fast on a Journey 

Optional Fasting on a Journey and Qada’ (compensatory fast) of Fasting Missed on a Journey

The Case of One Who Begins a Journey or Returns from a Journey in the Month of Ramadan

The Case of a Traveler Who Enters His Town or a Place where He Wants to Stay for Ten Days

The Case of One Who Involves Himself in Carnal Relations with His Wife on a Journey or Returns from a Journey in the Month of Ramadan

The Case of Fasting during Menses: Major or Minor One

The Case of One Who Owes Fasting of Two Consecutive Months but an Obstacle Prevents Him 

Fasting As Expiation for Swearing

1ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ عَنِ الْفَضْلِ بْنِ شَاذَانَ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ بْنِ يَحْيَى وَابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ جَمِيعاً عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ عَمَّارٍ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَم) لا تَدَعْ إِتْيَانَ الْمَشَاهِدِ كُلِّهَا مَسْجِدِ قُبَاءَ فَإِنَّهُ الْمَسْجِدُ الَّذِي أُسِّسَ عَلَى التَّقْوَى مِنْ أَوَّلِ يَوْمٍ وَمَشْرَبَةِ أُمِّ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَمَسْجِدِ الْفَضِيخِ وَقُبُورِ الشُّهَدَاءِ وَمَسْجِدِ الأَحْزَابِ وَهُوَ مَسْجِدُ الْفَتْحِ قَالَ وَبَلَغَنَا أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ (صلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) كَانَ إِذَا أَتَى قُبُورَ الشُّهَدَاءِ قَالَ السَّلامُ عَلَيْكُمْ بِمَا صَبَرْتُمْ فَنِعْمَ عُقْبَى الدَّارِ وَلْيَكُنْ فِيمَا تَقُولُ عِنْدَ مَسْجِدِ الْفَتْحِ يَا صَرِيخَ الْمَكْرُوبِينَ وَيَا مُجِيبَ دَعْوَةِ الْمُضْطَرِّينَ اكْشِفْ هَمِّي وَغَمِّي وَكَرْبِي كَمَا كَشَفْتَ عَنْ نَبِيِّكَ هَمَّهُ وَغَمَّهُ وَكَرْبَهُ وَكَفَيْتَهُ هَوْلَ عَدُوِّهِ فِي هَذَا الْمَكَانِ.

1. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr and Muhammad ibn Isma‘il from af-Fadf ibn Shadhan from Safwan ibn Yahya and Ibn Abi ‘Umayr all from Mu‘awiyah ibn ‘Ammar who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘You must not ignore visiting all shrines. One is Masjid of al-Quba’. It is the Masjid, which was built with pious intentions from the first day. There are the platform of the mother of Ibrahim, the Masjid of al-Fadikh, the graves of the martyrs, the Masjid of al-Ahzab and the Masjid of al-Fath.’ He (the Imam) then said, ‘It has come to our notice that the Holy Prophet, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause, when visiting the graves of the martyrs said, “May Allah grant you peace for your exercising patience. The next life indeed is a happy life.” However, of the things you may say near the Masjid of al-Fath should be this: “O Supporter of one crying for help in distressful conditions, O the One who answers the prayers of the helpless ones, remove my anxiety, sadness and distress. (Remove them) just as You removed the anxiety, sadness and distressfulness from Your Holy Prophet, and supported him against fear from his enemies in this place.’”” 

2ـ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الله بْنِ هِلالٍ عَنْ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ خَالِدٍ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَم) أَنَّا نَأْتِي الْمَسَاجِدَ الَّتِي حَوْلَ الْمَدِينَةِ فَبِأَيِّهَا أَبْدَأُ فَقَالَ ابْدَأْ بِقُبَا فَصَلِّ فِيهِ وَأَكْثِرْ فَإِنَّهُ أَوَّلُ مَسْجِدٍ صَلَّى فِيهِ رَسُولُ الله (صلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) فِي هَذِهِ الْعَرْصَةِ ثُمَّ ائْتِ مَشْرَبَةَ أُمِّ إِبْرَاهِيمَ فَصَلِّ فِيهَا وَهِيَ مَسْكَنُ رَسُولِ الله (صلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) وَمُصَلاَّهُ ثُمَّ تَأْتِي مَسْجِدَ الْفَضِيخِ فَتُصَلِّي فِيهِ فَقَدْ صَلَّى فِيهِ نَبِيُّكَ فَإِذَا قَضَيْتَ هَذَا الْجَانِبَ أَتَيْتَ جَانِبَ أُحُدٍ فَبَدَأْتَ بِالْمَسْجِدِ الَّذِي دُونَ الْحَرَّةِ فَصَلَّيْتَ فِيهِ ثُمَّ مَرَرْتَ بِقَبْرِ حَمْزَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ فَسَلَّمْتَ عَلَيْهِ ثُمَّ مَرَرْتَ بِقُبُورِ الشُّهَدَاءِ فَقُمْتَ عِنْدَهُمْ فَقُلْتَ السَّلامُ عَلَيْكُمْ يَا أَهْلَ الدِّيَارِ أَنْتُمْ لَنَا فَرَطٌ وَإِنَّا بِكُمْ لاحِقُونَ ثُمَّ تَأْتِي الْمَسْجِدَ الَّذِي كَانَ فِي الْمَكَانِ الْوَاسِعِ إِلَى جَنْبِ الْجَبَلِ عَنْ يَمِينِكَ حِينَ تَدْخُلُ أُحُداً فَتُصَلِّي فِيهِ فَعِنْدَهُ خَرَجَ النَّبِيُّ (صلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) إِلَى أُحُدٍ حِينَ لَقِيَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ فَلَمْ يَبْرَحُوا حَتَّى حَضَرَتِ الصَّلاةُ فَصَلَّى فِيهِ ثُمَّ مُرَّ أَيْضاً حَتَّى تَرْجِعَ فَتُصَلِّيَ عِنْدَ قُبُورِ الشُّهَدَاءِ مَا كَتَبَ الله لَكَ ثُمَّ امْضِ عَلَى وَجْهِكَ حَتَّى تَأْتِيَ مَسْجِدَ الأَحْزَابِ فَتُصَلِّيَ فِيهِ وَتَدْعُوَ الله فِيهِ فَإِنَّ رَسُولَ الله (صلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) دَعَا فِيهِ يَوْمَ الأَحْزَابِ وَقَالَ يَا صَرِيخَ الْمَكْرُوبِينَ وَيَا مُجِيبَ دَعْوَةِ الْمُضْطَرِّينَ وَيَا مُغِيثَ الْمَهْمُومِينَ اكْشِفْ هَمِّي وَكَرْبِي وَغَمِّي فَقَدْ تَرَى حَالِي وَحَالَ أَصْحَابِي.

2. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Muhammad ibn al-Husayn from Muhammad ibn ‘Abd Allah ibn Hilal from ‘Uqbah ibn Khalid who has said the following: “I once asked abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), ‘We go to the Masjids which are around al-Madinah. Which one should we visit first?’ He (the Imam) replied, ‘First you should go to Masjid of Quba’. Perform salat (prayer) therein a great deal; it is the first Masjid where the Messenger of Allah, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause, performed salat (prayer) in this area. Then you should go to Mushrabah of mother of Ibrahim and perform salat (prayer) therein. This place is the living quarter of the Messenger of Allah where he performed salat (prayer). Then you should go to the Masjid of al-Fadikh and perform salat (prayer) therein. In this place, Your prophet performed salat (prayer). When you complete your visit of this side then go to the side of ‘Uhud. First you should go to the Masjid which is before al-Hurrah, perform salat (prayer) there, then visit the grave of Hamzah ibn ‘Abd al-Muttalib and offer him your greeting of peace. Then you should visit the graves of the martyrs standing nearby and say, “May (Allah’s) favors be with you, O inhabitants of this dwelling. You have left and we are about to join you.” Thereafter you should go to the Masjid, which was in the open area on the side of the hill on the right side when entering ‘Uhud. Perform salat (prayer) therein. The Holy Prophet had left for ‘Uhud from this place to face the pagans. They remained there until the time for salat (prayer) and he performed salat (prayer) therein. Thereafter you should go on to perform salat (prayer) near the graves of the martyrs (to gain) what Allah has written for you. Thereafter go forward until you come to the Masjid of al-Ahzab, perform salat (prayer) therein and say what the Messenger of Allah had said, “O Supporter of one crying for help in distressful conditions, O the One who answers the prayers of the helpless ones, remove my anxiety, sadness and distress. You are watching my condition and the condition of my companions.’”” 

3ـ عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنِ النَّضْرِ بْنِ سُوَيْدٍ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ سَالِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَم) قَالَ سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ عَاشَتْ فَاطِمَةُ س بَعْدَ رَسُولِ الله (صلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) خَمْسَةً وَسَبْعِينَ يَوْماً لَمْ تُرَ كَاشِرَةً وَلا ضَاحِكَةً تَأْتِي قُبُورَ الشُّهَدَاءِ فِي كُلِّ جُمْعَةٍ مَرَّتَيْنِ الإِثْنَيْنِ وَالْخَمِيسَ فَتَقُولُ هَاهُنَا كَانَ رَسُولُ الله (صلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) وَهَاهُنَا كَانَ الْمُشْرِكُونَ وَفِي رِوَايَةٍ أُخْرَى أَبَانٌ عَمَّنْ أَخْبَرَهُ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَم) أَنَّهَا كَانَتْ تُصَلِّي هُنَاكَ وَتَدْعُو حَتَّى مَاتَتْ ع.

3. A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from al-Husayn ibn Sa‘id from Al-Nadr ibn al-Suwayd from Hisham ibn Salim who has said the following: “I heard Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), say, ‘Fatima (a.s.) lived for seventy-five days after the death of the Messenger of Allah. During this time, she was never seen laughing or smiling. Every week she would go twice to the gravesites of the martyrs, once on Monday and on Thursdays, and say, ‘There was the Messenger of Allah (s.w) and there were the pagans.'" 

In another Hadith, Aban has narrated from those whom he has mentioned from Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), who has said the following: "She would perform salat (prayer) there and pray until she died."

4ـ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ فَضَّالٍ عَنِ الْمُفَضَّلِ بْنِ صَالِحٍ عَنْ لَيْثٍ الْمُرَادِيِّ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَم) عَنْ مَسْجِدِ الْفَضِيخِ لِمَ سُمِّيَ مَسْجِدَ الْفَضِيخِ فَقَالَ لِنَخْلٍ يُسَمَّى الْفَضِيخَ فَلِذَلِكَ سُمِّيَ مَسْجِدَ الْفَضِيخِ.

4. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from ibn Faddal from al-Mufaddal ibn Salih from Layth al-Muradiy who has said the following: “I once asked abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), ‘Why Masjid of al-Fadikh is called Masjid of al- Fadikh?’ He (the Imam) replied, ‘It is because of a palm tree that was called al-Fadikh and for this reason it is called Masjid of al-Fadikh.’” 

5ـ أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الأَشْعَرِيُّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْجَبَّارِ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ بْنِ يَحْيَى عَنِ ابْنِ مُسْكَانَ عَنِ الْحَلَبِيِّ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَم) هَلْ أَتَيْتُمْ مَسْجِدَ قُبَاءَ أَوْ مَسْجِدَ الْفَضِيخِ أَوْ مَشْرَبَةَ أُمِّ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قُلْتُ نَعَمْ قَالَ أَمَا إِنَّهُ لَمْ يَبْقَ مِنْ آثَارِ رَسُولِ الله (صلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) شَيْ‏ءٌ إِلاَّ وَقَدْ غُيِّرَ غَيْرَ هَذَا.

5. Abu Ali al-Ash’ariy has narrated from Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al-Jabbar from Safwan ibn Yahya from ibn Muskan from al-Halabiy who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), once asked, ‘Have you gone to Masjid of Quba’, or Masjid of al- Fadikh, or Mashrabah of mother of Ibrahim?’ I replied, ‘Yes, I have done so.’ He (the Imam) said, ‘No other thing of the things reminding of the Messenger of Allah, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause, is left that is not changed except this.’” 

6ـ عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ صَدَقَةَ عَنْ عَمَّارِ بْنِ مُوسَى قَالَ دَخَلْتُ أَنَا وَأَبُو عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَم) مَسْجِدَ الْفَضِيخِ فَقَالَ يَا عَمَّارُ تَرَى هَذِهِ الْوَهْدَةَ قُلْتُ نَعَمْ قَالَ كَانَتِ امْرَأَةُ جَعْفَرٍ الَّتِي خَلَفَ عَلَيْهَا أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَم) قَاعِدَةً فِي هَذَا الْمَوْضِعِ وَمَعَهَا ابْنَاهَا مِنْ جَعْفَرٍ فَبَكَتْ فَقَالَ لَهَا ابْنَاهَا مَا يُبْكِيكِ يَا أُمَّهْ قَالَتْ بَكَيْتُ لأَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَم) فَقَالا لَهَا تَبْكِينَ لأَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَلا تَبْكِينَ لأَبِينَا قَالَتْ لَيْسَ هَذَا هَكَذَا وَلَكِنْ ذَكَرْتُ حَدِيثاً حَدَّثَنِي بِهِ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَم) فِي هَذَا الْمَوْضِعِ فَأَبْكَانِي قَالا وَمَا هُوَ قَالَتْ كُنْتُ أَنَا وَأَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ فِي هَذَا الْمَسْجِدِ فَقَالَ لِي تَرَيْنَ هَذِهِ الْوَهْدَةَ قُلْتُ نَعَمْ قَالَ كُنْتُ أَنَا وَرَسُولُ الله (صلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) قَاعِدَيْنِ فِيهَا إِذْ وَضَعَ رَأْسَهُ فِي حَجْرِي ثُمَّ خَفَقَ حَتَّى غَطَّ وَحَضَرَتْ صَلاةُ الْعَصْرِ فَكَرِهْتُ أَنْ أُحَرِّكَ رَأْسَهُ عَنْ فَخِذِي فَأَكُونَ قَدْ آذَيْتُ رَسُولَ الله (صلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) حَتَّى ذَهَبَ الْوَقْتُ وَفَاتَتْ فَانْتَبَهَ رَسُولُ الله (صلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) فَقَالَ يَا عَلِيُّ صَلَّيْتَ قُلْتُ لا قَالَ وَلِمَ ذَلِكَ قُلْتُ كَرِهْتُ أَنْ أُوذِيَكَ قَالَ فَقَامَ وَاسْتَقْبَلَ الْقِبْلَةَ وَمَدَّ يَدَيْهِ كِلْتَيْهِمَا وَقَالَ اللهمَّ رُدَّ الشَّمْسَ إِلَى وَقْتِهَا حَتَّى يُصَلِّيَ عَلِيٌّ فَرَجَعَتِ الشَّمْسُ إِلَى وَقْتِ الصَّلاةِ حَتَّى صَلَّيْتُ الْعَصْرَ ثُمَّ انْقَضَّتْ انْقِضَاضَ الْكَوْكَبِ. 

6. A number of our people have narrated from Sahl ibn Ziyad from Musa ibn Ja’far from ‘Umar ibn Sa‘id from al-Hassan ibn Sadaqah from ‘Ammar ibn Musa who has said the following: “I once visited abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), and I entered Masjid of al-Fadikh. He (the Imam) asked, ‘O ‘Ammar, do you see this depression of land?’ I replied, ‘Yes, I see it.’ He (the Imam) then said, ‘Wife of Ja’far who married ’Amir al-Mu’minin once was sitting at this place with her two sons from Ja’far. She wept and her sons asked, ‘Mother, what has made you weep?’ She replied, ‘I wept for ’Amir al-Mu’minin.’ They asked, ‘Mother, why do you weep for ’Amir al-Mu’minin but not for our father?’ She replied, ‘It is not that way. I wept because of a Hadith I remembered from ’Amir al- Mu’minin narrated to me at this place and that made me weep.’ They asked, ‘What is that Hadith?’ She then said, ‘Once ’Amir al-Mu’minin and I were in this Masjid. He asked, ‘Do you see this depression in the land?’ I replied, ‘Yes, I see it.’ He then said, ‘Once the Messenger of Allah, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause, and I were sitting in there. He (the Messenger of Allah) placed his head in my lap and went to sleep until he began to snore. It became time for al-‘Asr salat (prayer) but I did not like to move his head from my lap which may have caused any trouble to the Messenger of Allah. Time went by and al-‘Asr salat (prayer) was missed. The Messenger of Allah woke up and asked, ‘O Ali, did you perform salat (prayer)?’ I replied, ‘No, I did not do so.’ He asked, ‘Why did you not perform salat (prayer)?’ I replied, ‘I did not like to cause you any trouble.’ He (the Imam) said, ‘He (the Messenger of Allah) stood up facing the direction of Ka‘bah and stretched his both hands and said, “O Allah, return the sun to its time so Ali (a.s.), can perform his salat (prayer).” The sun returned to the time for salat (prayer) for such a period of time in which he could perform al-‘Asr salat (prayer) and then it went by like a star.’” 

Al-Kāfi - Volume 4

Book 3, Chapter 221