Hadith 69

(The book) ‘Qurb Al Isnaad’ – from Abdullah Bin Al-Hassan, from his grandfather, ‘Ali son of Ja’far-asws, from his brother-asws Musa-asws, he said, ‘I asked him-asws about the man attaining the Cycle from Al-Maghrib (Salat), ‘What should he do? Should he stand and fulfil or sit in the second and the third? ’
He-asws said: ‘He should sit in these all’. And I asked him-asws about a prayer leader reciting the (Verse of) Sajdah, but he breaks Wud’u before he performs Sajdah, ‘How should he deal with it? ’
He-asws said: ‘He should forward someone else and he would perform Sajdah and they would do Sajdah, and he can leave, for their Salat is completed’. He said, ‘And he-asws said: ‘Upon the prayer leader is that he should raise his hands in the Salat and it isn’t upon anyone else that he raises his hands in the Takbeer’. He said, ‘And I asked him-asws about the man being behind the prayer leaders being loud with the recitation while he is being led by him, ‘Is it for him to recite behind him? ’
He-asws said: ‘No, but he should be led by him’. And I asked him-asws about a limit of sitting by the prayer leader after performing Salaam, ‘What is it? ’
He-asws said: ‘He should perform Salat. He should neither finish nor turn around until he knows that everyone who had entered in his Salat with him has completed his Salat, then he should leave’. And I asked him-asws about a group praying behind a prayer leader, ‘Is it correct for them to be leaving while the prayer leader is seated? ’
He-asws said: ‘When he has performed Salat, let him stand, one who likes to’. And I asked him-asws about a man praying behind a prayer leader standing. When the prayer leader performs Salaam, he (keeps) praying while the prayer leader is seated. He-asws said: ‘There is no problem’. And I asked him-asws about the man reciting behind a prayer leader being led by him in Al-Zohr and Al-Asr (Salat(s)). He-asws said: ‘No, but he should glorify and praise his Lord-azwj and send Salawaat upon his Prophet-saww’. He said, ‘And I asked him-asws about a group praying in congregation in a ship, ‘Where should the prayer leader stand? And if there were to be women with them, how should they be dealing with it? Should they be praying standing or sitting? ’
He-asws said: ‘They should be praying standing. If they are not able upon the standing, they should pray seated and the women should be standing behind them; and if the ship is narrow, the women would be seated and the men would pray, and there is no problem if the women were to be parallel to them’’. [105]
Explanation (Hadeeth only) – It is reported by the Sheykh and Al Kulayni by a chain wherein is weakness, from Abu Hashim Al Ja’fary who said, ‘I was with Abu Al-Hassan-asws in the ship in Dajlah (river Tigris). The Salat presented, so I said, ‘May I be sacrificed for you-asws! Shall we pray in congregation? ’
He (the narrator) said, ‘He-asws said: ‘You cannot pray in interior of a valley in congregation’.