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)
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 عَنْ عَلِيٍّ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ:« اَلْأَ غْلَفُ لاَ يَؤُمُّ اَلْقَوْمَ وَ إِنْ كَانَ أَقْرَأَهُمْ لِأَنَّهُ ضَيَّعَ مِنَ اَلسُّنَّةِ أَعْظَمَهَا وَ لاَ تُقْبَلُ لَهُ شَهَادَةٌ وَ لاَ يُصَلَّى عَلَيْهِ إِلاَّ أَنْ يَكُونَ تَرَكَ ذَلِكَ خَوْفاً عَلَى نَفْسِهِ»
Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Yahya from Abi Ja’far from Abi al-Jawza from al-Husayn ibn Alwan from Amru ibn Khalid from Zayd ibn Ali from his forefathers from Imam Ali عليه السلام, peace be upon him, who said:
Imam Ali عليه السلام said: “The uncircumcised person (al-aghlaf) does not lead the people in prayer, even if he is the most proficient among them in recitation, because he has neglected the greatest of the Sunnah. His testimony is not accepted, nor is the funeral prayer performed over him except if he abandoned it (circumcision) out of fear for his life.”
- Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 3, p. 34
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