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)

Commentary #22

ويحتمل أيضا أن يكون الخبر متناولا لحال التقية لانه إذا كان الحال حال تقية وخوف ولم يلحق الانسان القراءة معهم جاز له ترك القراءة والاعتداد بتلك الصلاة بعد أن يكون قد أدرك الركوع والذي يكشف عما ذكرناه ما رواه

And it is also possible that the report pertains to a situation of taqiyyah (precautionary dissimulation), for if the circumstance involves taqiyyah and fear, and a person does not manage to recite with them, it is permissible for him to omit the recitation and still count that prayer as valid, so long as he catches the rukuh (bowing). And what clarifies what we have mentioned is what was narrated: