سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) عَنِ الصَّلَاةِ خَلْفَ الْإِمَامِ أَقْرَأُ خَلْفَهُ فَقَالَ أَمَّا الصَّلَاةُ الَّتِي لَا يُجْهَرُ فِيهَا بِالْقِرَاءَةِ فَإِنَّ ذَلِكَ جُعِلَ إِلَيْهِ فَلَا تَقْرَأْ خَلْفَهُ وَ أَمَّا الصَّلَاةُ الَّتِي يُجْهَرُ فِيهَا فَإِنَّمَا أُمِرَ بِالْجَهْرِ لِيُنْصِتَ مَنْ خَلْفَهُ فَإِنْ سَمِعْتَ فَأَنْصِتْ وَ إِنْ لَمْ تَسْمَعْ فَاقْرَأْ .
Translation
Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Muhammad Bin Al Husayn, and Muhammad Bin Ismail, from Al Fazl Bin Shazaan, from Safwan Bin Yahya, from Abdul Rahman Bin Al Hajjaj who said, ‘I asked Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> about the <span class="iTxt">Salāt</span> behind the Imam. Should I recite behind him?’ So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘As for the <span class="iTxt">Salāt</span> in which there is no loud recitation, so that (the recitation) is Made to be for him, therefore do not recite behind him; and as for the <span class="iTxt">Salāt</span> in which there is loud recitation, so rather it has been Commanded with the loudness for the ones behind him to be silent to it. So if you can hear, so be silent, but if you cannot hear, so recite’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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