Hadith 83

(The book) ‘Majaalis’ of Ibn Al Sheykh – from Ahmad Bin Haroun Bin Al Salt, from Ibn Uqdah, from Al Qasim Bin Ja’far Bin Ahmad, from Abbad Bin Ahmad Al Qazweeny, from his uncle, from his father, from Abdul Rahman Bin Sabid, from Hassan Bin Atiyya, from Amro Bin Maymoun Al Azdy who said, ‘I was with Muaz in Syria. When he died I came to Abdullah Bin Masoud at Al-Kufa and was with him. He got up early in one of the times in his era. I said to him, ‘O Abu Abdul Rahman! How do you view regarding the Salat prayed with them? ’
He said, ‘Pray the Salat at its timings and make your Salat with them as glorification’. I said, ‘O Abu Abdul Rahman, may Allah-azwj Mercy you! Should we leave the Salat in the congregation? ’
He said, ‘Woe be to you, O Ibn Maymoun! The majority of the people, the vast majority have deviated from the congregation! The congregation is the one who was upon the truth and even if you were alone! ’
I said, ‘Abu Abdul Rahman, and how can I be a congregation while I am alone? ’
He said, ‘With you are from Angels of Allah-azwj and His-azwj armies of Allah-azwj more than the children of Adam-as, their first ones and their last ones! ’’[121]
(The book) ‘Sawaab Al Amaal’ – from his father, from Sa’ad Bin Abdullah, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa, from Muhammad Bin Khalid, from Al Qasim Bin Muhammad Al Jowhary, from Al-Husayn Bin Abu Al A’ala, from Ibn Al Azramy, from his father, raising the Hadeeth to, ‘Rasool-Allah-saww said: ‘One who leads a group (in Salat) and among them is one who is more knowledgeable than him, or more understanding, their affairs will not cease to be going lower up to the Day of Qiyamah’’. [122]
Tafseer of the Imam (Hassan Al Askari-asws) – He-asws said: ‘Al-Baqir-asws looked at one of his-asws Shia who had entered to pray the Salat behind one of the adversaries, and the Shia felt that Al Baqir-asws had recognise that from him. So he aimed for him-asws and said: ‘I apologise to you-asws, O son-asws of Rasool-Allah-saww, from my praying Salat behind so and so. I fear him. Had it not been that, I would have prayed alone! ’
Al Baqir-asws said to him: ‘O my-asws brother! But rather you would have been needy to apologise had you not done so. O Momin servant of Allah-azwj! The Angels of the seven skies and the seven earth have not ceased to send Salawaat upon you and cursing that prayer leader of yours, and Allah-azwj has Commanded that your Salat prayed behind him out of Taqiyya is to be calculated as seven hundred Salat(s) had you prayed alone, therefore upon you is to be with the Taqiyyah (dissimulation)’’. [123]
(The book) ‘Kitab Al Masaail’ of Ali son of Ja’far-asws, from his brother-asws Musa-asws, he said, ‘I asked him-asws about standing in a month of Ramazan (Salat in congregation with adversaries), ‘Is it correct? ’
He-asws said: ‘It is not correct except with recitation. You should begin and recite (Surah) Al Fatiha, then be silent at the recitation of the prayer leader. When he intends to perform Ruk’u, you recited Surah Al Tawheed or another, then you perform Ruk’u when he is doing Ruk’u, and you exclaim Takbeer in your Ru