Chapter on the Virtue of Mosques and Prayer Within Them, and the Virtue of Congregational Prayer and Its Rulings

Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām|Volume 3|Book 2|Chapter 3
Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām

Volume 3, Book 2, Chapter 3

Chapter on the Virtue of Mosques and Prayer Within Them, and the Virtue of Congregational Prayer and Its Rulings

وَ بِهَذَا اَلْإِسْنَادِ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرٍ قَالَ: قُلْتُ لَهُ إِنِّي أُصَلِّي بِقَوْمٍ فَقَالَ« تُسَلِّمُ وَاحِدَةً وَ لاَ تَلْتَفِتْ قُلِ اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ أَيُّهَا اَلنَّبِيُّ وَ رَحْمَةُ اَللَّهِ وَ بَرَكَاتُهُ اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَ لاَ تَقْرَأْ فِي اَلْفَجْرِ شَيْئاً مِنْ آلِ حم»
And with this chain of transmission, from Abu Bakr who said: I said to Imam al-Sadiq عليه السلام: “I lead a group in prayer.” Imam عليه السلام said, “You give one taslim and do not turn your head. Say: ‘Peace be upon you, O’ Prophet, and the mercy of Allah سبحانه وتعالى and His blessings. Peace be upon you all.’ And do not recite anything from ‘Alif Lam Mim Ha Mim’ in the dawn (Fajr) prayer.” (meaning Huroof al-Muqatta'at that appear at the beginning of 29 Surahs of the Quran)
  • Ali Akbar al-Ghaffari
    Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 3, p. 304
  • Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi
    Ṣaḥīḥ al-Tahdhīb, p. 280