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 #80

رَوَى ذَلِكَ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ اَلْحَكَمِ عَنْ سَيْفِ بْنِ عَمِيرَةَ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرٍ اَلْحَضْرَمِيِّ قَالَ: قُلْتُ لَهُ إِنِّي أُصَلِّي بِقَوْمٍ فَقَالَ« سَلِّمْ وَاحِدَةً وَ لاَ تَلْتَفِتْ قُلِ اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ أَيُّهَا اَلنَّبِيُّ وَ رَحْمَةُ اَللَّهِ وَ بَرَكَاتُهُ اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكُمْ»

This was narrated by Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Isa from Ali ibn al-Hakam from Sayf ibn Umayrah from Abu Bakr al-Hadrami, who said: I said to Imam : “I lead a group in prayer.” Imam said: “Say the taslim once, and do not turn your head. Say: ‘Peace be upon you, O’ Prophet, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings. Peace be upon you all.’”

Ali Akbar al-Ghaffari
Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 3, p. 54