Hadith 71

(The book) ‘Al Ilal’ – from Ali Bin Hatim, from Al Qasim Bin Muhammad, from Hamdan Bin Al-Husayn, from Al-Husayn Bin Al Waleed, from Ahmad Bin Ribat, ‘From Abu Abdullah-asws, he (the narrator) said, ‘I said to him-asws, ‘For which reason, when two (persons) pray, the follower come to be on the right of the followed? ’
He-asws said: ‘Because he is his prayer leader and obedience is to the one followed, and Allah‑azwj Blessed and Exalted Made the obedient ones as companions of the right hand, so for this reason he stands on right of the prayer leader other than his left’’. [107]
And from him, from his father, from Sa’ad Bin Abdullah, and Ahmad Bin Idrees, both together from Muhammad Bin Abdul Jabbar, from Safwan Bin Yahya, from Abdul Rahman Bin Al Hajjaj who said, ‘I asked Abu Abdullah-asws about the Salat behind the prayer leader, ‘Can one recite behind him? ’
He-asws said: ‘As for the Salat which there is no loudness in it with the recitation (Al-Zohr and Al-Asr), that is made to be up to him, and he should not recite behind him; and as for the Salat there is loudness in it with the recitation, so rather the Command with the loudness (by the prayer leaders) is for the ones behind him to be silent. He if hears, he should be silent, and if he does not hear the recitation, then he can recite’’. [108]