Chapter on the Rulings of Congregational Prayer (the Minimum Number for Congregational Prayer, the Description of the Imam, Who Is to Be Followed and Who Is Not to Be Followed, Recitation Behind Both of Them, the Rulings of Those Led in Prayer, and Other Such Rulings Related to It)

Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām|Volume 3|Book 1|Chapter 3

Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām

Volume 3, Book 1, Chapter 3

Chapter on the Rulings of Congregational Prayer (the Minimum Number for Congregational Prayer, the Description of the Imam, Who Is to Be Followed and Who Is Not to Be Followed, Recitation Behind Both of Them, the Rulings of Those Led in Prayer, and Other Such Rulings Related to It)

Commentary #37

قوله فيقضي القراءة في آخر صلاته تجوز وانما أراد به ما يختص آخر صلاته من قراءة الحمد دون أن يكون أراد به قضاء قراءة الركعة الاولة ومن صلى مع امام يأتم به فرفع رأسه قبل الامام فليعد إلى الركوع حتى يرفع رأسه معه

His statement, “so he completes the recitation at the end of his prayer,” is figurative, and what he intended by it is the recitation of ‘al-Hamd’ (Surah al-Fatihah) that pertains to the latter part of his prayer, not that he meant making up the recitation of the first rak‘ah. And whoever prays behind an imam (of prayer) whom he follows, and he raises his head before the imam (of prayer), from rukuh, then let him return to rukuh until the imam (of prayer) raises his head along with him.