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)
أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ اَلْبَرْقِيِّ قَالَ: كَتَبْتُ إِلَى أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ أَ يَجُوزُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ اَلصَّلاَةُ خَلْفَ مَنْ وَقَفَ عَلَى أَبِيكَ وَ جَدِّكَ صَلَوَاتُُ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِمَا فَأَجَابَ« لاَ تُصَلِّ وَرَاءَهُ»
Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Isa from Abu Abdillah al-Barqi, he said:
I wrote to Abu Ja’far عليه السلام, peace be upon him: “May I be your ransom, is it permissible to pray behind someone who has stopped (withheld) regarding your father (Imam al-Ridha عليه السلام) and grandfather (Imams عليه السلام), peace be upon them all?” He عليه السلام replied: “Do not pray behind him.”
- Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 3, p. 32
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Tahdhīb, p. 264