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)

And from him, from al-Nadr, from Yahya al-Halabi, from Ibn Muskan, from Ismail al-Jufi, he said: I said to Abu Ja’far عليه السلام, peace be upon him: “A man loves the Commander of the Faithful عليه السلام, peace be upon him, but does not disassociate from his enemy, and he says, ‘He (Imam Ali عليه السلام) is more beloved to me than the one who opposed him.’” Imam al-Baqir عليه السلام said: “This is someone confused and mixed up, and he is an enemy. Do not pray behind him, and no honor is due to him unless you are practicing taqiyyah toward him.”