Hadith 83

in each Cycle (Surah) Al Hamd and a Surah, whichever Surah you desire after completing it at the completion of their prayer leader completes. And you should be saying in the Ruk’u, ‘Glory be to my Lord-azwj the Magnificent and with His‑azwj Praise’, by a measurement of whatever comes for you being with them, and in the Sajdah similar to that, and perform Salaam with them, and your Salat would have been completed for yourselves, and let the prayer leader and the wall be at one status in your view. When he is free from the obligatory (Salat), then stand with them and pray the Sunnah (Salat) of four Cycles after it’. He said: ‘O Abu Muhammad, and isn’t it allowed when you were to do what you have mentioned? ’
He said, ‘Yes’. He said: ‘Have you heard anyone of our companions doing this deed? ’
He said, ‘Yes. I was in Al-Iraq and my chest was constricted from praying the Salat with them like the constriction of their chests, so I complained of that to a jurist over there call Nuh Bin Shueyb. He instructed me with similar to that which I am instructing you all with! ’
I said, ‘Does anyone other than you say this? ’
He said, ‘Yes’. I gathered with him in a gathered wherein were more than twenty men from elders of our companions. I asked him, meaning Nuh Bin Shueyb to mention in their presence what I had asked him of this. Nuh Bin Shueyb said, ‘O community of the ones present! Are you not being surprised from this Khurasani the inexperienced, is thinking regarding himself that he is greater than Hisham Bin Al Hakam, and he asked me whether the Salat is allowed with the Murjiites in their congregations? ’
The entirety of the ones from the elders who were present said like the words of Nuh Bin Shueyb. My soul felt good at that’’. [138]
(The book) ‘Irshad Al Quloub’ – in a lengthy Hadeeth reported from Huzeyfa, ‘Abu Bakr wanted to pray leading the people during illness of the Prophet-saww without his‑saww permission. When the Prophet-saww heard that, he-saww came out to the Masjid. He-saww leant upon Ali-asws and Fazl Bin Al-Abbas. He-saww went ahead to the prayer niche and pulled Abu Bakr from behind and moved him aside from the prayer niche. The people prayed behind Rasool-Allah-saww while he-saww was seated and Bilal made the people hear the Takbeer until he-saww fulfilled his-saww Salat’ – up to end of the Hadeeth’’. [139]
(The book) ‘Al Hidaya’ –
‘It is obligated that we believe regarding the one who believes what we have described, that he is upon the guidance and the straight path, and he is a brother to us in the religion, and we accept his testimony, and we allowed the Salat (to be prayed) behind him, and prohibit backbiting; and we believe regarding one who opposes what we have described, that he is not upon the guidance, and we do not view acceptance of his testimony, nor (praying) the Salat behind him except in the state of dissimulation (Taqiyya), so we pray behind them when the fear comes’. And he, may the Satisfaction of Allah-azwj be upon him, said in another place, ‘Do not pray behind anyone except behind two (types of) men – one of them is one whom you