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
وَسَأَلَهُ أَيْضاً عَنْ إِمَامٍ أَحْدَثَ فَانْصَرَفَ وَلَمْ يُقَدِّمْ أَحَداً مَا حَالُ اَلْقَوْمِ قَالَ« لاَ صَلاَةَ لَهُمْ إِلاَّ بِإِمَامٍ فَلْيَتَقَدَّمْ بَعْضُهُمْ فَلْيُتِمَّ بِهِمْ مَا بَقِيَ مِنْهَا وَ قَدْ تَمَّتْ صَلاَتُهُمْ»
And he (Ali ibn Ja’far) also asked Imam Musa ibn Ja’far عليه السلام, about an imam (of prayer) who invalidated his ablution and withdrew without appointing anyone. What is the condition of the people? Imam عليه السلام said: “There is no prayer for them without an imam (of prayer). So let one of them step forward and complete for them what remains of the prayer, and their prayer will be complete.”
- Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 3, p. 313
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