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 #24

سَعْدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ اَلْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ فَضَّالٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ بْنِ بُكَيْرٍ عَنْ بَعْضِ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: فِي اَلرَّجُلِ يَؤُمُّ اَلْمَرْأَةَ قَالَ« نَعَمْ تَكُونُ خَلْفَهُ» وَ عَنِ اَلْمَرْأَةِ تَؤُمُّ اَلنِّسَاءَ قَالَ« نَعَمْ وَ تَقُومُ وَسَطاً بَيْنَهُنَّ وَ لاَ تَتَقَدَّمُهُنَّ»

Sa’ad ibn Abdillah from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from al-Hasan ibn Ali ibn Faddal from Abdillah ibn Bukayr from some of our companions from Abi Abdillah , peace be upon him: Imam al-Sadiq was asked regarding a man leading a woman in prayer. Imam said: “Yes, she stands behind him.” And (Imam was asked) regarding a woman leading women in prayer. Imam said: “Yes, and she stands in the middle of them and does not stand in front of them.”

Ali Akbar al-Ghaffari
Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 3, p. 35