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 #96

مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ رَفَعَهُ قَالَ: رَأَيْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ يُصَلِّي بِقَوْمٍ وَ هُوَ إِلَى زَاوِيَةٍ فِي بَيْتٍ بِقُرْبِ اَلْحَائِطِ وَ كُلُّهُمْ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ وَ لَيْسَ عَنْ يَسَارِهِ أَحَدٌ

Muhammad ibn Yaqub from Ali ibn Ibrahim in a ‘marfu’ (elevated) chain said: I saw Aba Abdillah , peace be upon him, leading a group in prayer, and Imam was in a corner of a house near the wall, and all of them were to his right, and there was no one to his left.

Ali Akbar al-Ghaffari
Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 3, p. 59