كَتَبْتُ إِلَى أَبِي الْحَسَنِ ( عليه السلام ) أَنِّي أَحْضُرُ الْمَسَاجِدَ مَعَ جِيرَتِي وَ غَيْرِهِمْ فَيَأْمُرُونِّي بِالصَّلَاةِ بِهِمْ وَ قَدْ صَلَّيْتُ قَبْلَ أَنْ آتِيَهُمْ وَ رُبَّمَا صَلَّى خَلْفِي مَنْ يَقْتَدِي بِصَلَاتِي وَ الْمُسْتَضْعَفُ وَ الْجَاهِلُ وَ أَكْرَهُ أَنْ أَتَقَدَّمَ وَ قَدْ صَلَّيْتُ بِحَالِ مَنْ يُصَلِّي بِصَلَاتِي مِمَّنْ سَمَّيْتُ لَكَ فَمُرْنِي فِي ذَلِكَ بِأَمْرِكَ أَنْتَهِي إِلَيْهِ وَ أَعْمَلُ بِهِ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ فَكَتَبَ ( عليه السلام ) صَلِّ بِهِمْ .
Translation
Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Muhammad Bin Ismail who said, ‘I wrote to Abu Al-Hassan<sup>asws</sup>, ‘I attend the Masjid with my neighbour and others, so they are instructing me with the performance of <span class="iTxt">Salāt</span> with them, and I have already prayed before I went over to them; and sometimes there prays behind me, the one who follows me in my <span class="iTxt">Salāt</span>, and the weak (of understanding), and the ignorant, and I dislike that I should proceed to lead, and I have prayed in a state of the one who prays by my <span class="iTxt">Salāt</span>, from the ones I have specified to you<sup>asws</sup>. So, order me with regards to that with your<sup>asws</sup> order, for me to end up to it and act by it, Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Willing’. So he<sup>asws</sup> wrote: ‘Pray <span class="iTxt">Salāt</span> with them (leading them)’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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