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 #52

فَأَمَّا مَا رَوَاهُ عَلِيُّ بْنُ اَلْحَكَمِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اَلرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ اَلْعَرْزَمِيِّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ:« صَلَّى عَلِيٌّ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ بِالنَّاسِ عَلَى غَيْرِ طُهْرٍ وَ كَانَتِ اَلظُّهْرُ ثُمَّ دَخَلَ فَخَرَجَ مُنَادِيهِ أَنَّ أَمِيرَ اَلْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ صَلَّى عَلَى غَيْرِ طُهْرٍ فَأَعِيدُوا وَ لْيُبَلِّغِ اَلشَّاهِدُ اَلْغَائِبَ»

As for what was narrated by Ali ibn al-Hakam from Abd al-Rahman ibn al-Arzami, from his father, from Abu Abdillah , peace be upon him, who said: Imam al-Sadiq said: “Imam Ali , peace be upon him, once led the people in prayer while not in a state of purity, and it was the Dhuhr prayer. Then Imam entered (his house), and his (prayer) caller came out and announced: ‘Indeed, the Commander of the Faithful , peace be upon him, led the prayer without purity, so repeat (the prayer), and let those present inform those who are absent.’”

Ali Akbar al-Ghaffari
Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 3, p. 43