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 #31

اَلْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنِ اَلنَّضْرِ بْنِ سُوَيْدٍ عَنْ هِشَامٍ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ خَالِدٍ وَعَلِيِّ بْنِ اَلنُّعْمَانِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ بْنِ مُسْكَانَ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ خَالِدٍ قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ أَ يَقْرَأُ اَلرَّجُلُ فِي اَلْأُولَى وَ اَلْعَصْرِ خَلْفَ اَلْإِمَامِ وَ هُوَ لاَ يَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُ يَقْرَأُ فَقَالَ« لاَ يَنْبَغِي لَهُ أَنْ يَقْرَأَ يَكِلُهُ إِلَى اَلْإِمَامِ»

Al-Husayn ibn Said from al-Nadr ibn Suwayd from Hisham from Sulayman ibn Khalid and Ali ibn al-Numan from Abdillah ibn Muskan from Sulayman ibn Khalid, who said: I said to Aba Abdillah , peace be upon him: “Should a man recite in Dhuhr and Asr prayers, behind the imam (of prayer), while he does not know whether the imam (of prayer) is reciting?” Imam said: “He should not recite; he should entrust it to the imam (of prayer).”

Ali Akbar al-Ghaffari
Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 3, p. 37