Congregational Prayer and Its Virtue
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 1|Book 1|Chapter 57
وَ رُوِيَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ: أَنَّهُ سُئِلَ عَنِ اَلرَّجُلِ يَؤُمُّ اَلرَّجُلَيْنِ قَالَ «يَتَقَدَّمُهُمَا وَ لاَ يَقُومُ بَيْنَهُمَا» وَ عَنِ اَلرَّجُلَيْنِ يُصَلِّيَانِ جَمَاعَةً قَالَ «نَعَمْ يَجْعَلُهُ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ.
It was narrated from Muhammad ibn Muslim that he was asked about a man leading two others in prayer. Imam عليه السلام said: "He should stand in front of them and not between them." And regarding two men praying together in congregation, Imam عليه السلام said: "Yes, he (the one leading) should have the other stand on his right”.
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh, p. 54