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)

Hadith #105

مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي اَلْبَخْتَرِيِّ عَنْ جَعْفَرٍ عَ قَالَ إِنَّ عَلِيّاً عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ:« اَلصَّبِيُّ عَنْ يَمِينِ اَلرَّجُلِ فِي اَلصَّلاَةِ إِذَا ضَبَطَ اَلصَّفَّ جَمَاعَةٌ وَ اَلْمَرِيضُ اَلْقَاعِدُ عَنْ يَمِينِ اَلصَّبِيِّ جَمَاعَةٌ»

Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Yahya narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from his father from Abu al-Bukhturi from Imam Ja’far , peace be upon him, who said: Imam al-Sadiq said: “Indeed, Imam Ali , said: ‘The child stands to the right of the man in prayer if the row is properly formed that is considered congregation. And the seated sick person sits to the right of the child that is also considered congregation.’”

Ali Akbar al-Ghaffari
Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 3, p. 63