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)
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)
Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Yahya from Ibn Abi Ishaq from al-Nawfali from al-Sakuni from Imam Ja’far عليه السلام from his father, Imam al-Baqir عليه السلام, peace be upon them both, from Imam Ali عليه السلام, peace be upon him:
Imam Ali عليه السلام said: “The slave (abd) should not lead (in prayer) except his own household.”
Ali Akbar al-Ghaffari
Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 3, p. 32
