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)

مَا رَوَاهُ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ أَبِي اَلْجَوْزَاءِ عَنِ اَلْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ عُلْوَانَ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ خَالِدٍ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ آبَائِهِ عَلَيْهِمُ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ:« دَخَلَ رَجُلاَنِ اَلْمَسْجِدَ وَ قَدْ صَلَّى عَلِيٌّ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ بِالنَّاسِ فَقَالَ لَهُمَا «إِنْ شِئْتُمَا فَلْيَؤُمَّ أَحَدُكُمَا صَاحِبَهُ وَ لاَ يُؤَذِّنُ وَ لاَ يُقِيمُ»»
What was narrated by Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Yahya from Abu Ja’far from Abu al-Jawza from al-Husayn ibn Alwan from Amru ibn Khalid from Zayd ibn Ali from his forefathers عليه السلام, peace be upon them, who said: Two men entered the mosque after Imam Ali عليه السلام, peace be upon him, had already led the people in prayer. Imam Ali عليه السلام said to them: “If you wish, then let one of you lead the other in prayer but do not give the adhan or the iqamah.”
  • Ali Akbar al-Ghaffari
    Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 3, p. 63
  • Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi
    Ṣaḥīḥ al-Tahdhīb