Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh

1104 - وَ رَوَى مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ أَنَّهُ قَالَ: «خَمْسَةٌ لاَ يَؤُمُّونَ اَلنَّاسَ وَ لاَ يُصَلُّونَ بِهِمْ صَلاَةً فَرِيضَةً فِي جَمَاعَةٍ اَلْأَبْرَصُ وَ اَلْمَجْذُومُ وَ وَلَدُ اَلزِّنَا وَ اَلْأَعْرَابِيُّ حَتَّى يُهَاجِرَ وَ اَلْمَحْدُودُ.

Hadith.1104 - Muhammad ibn Muslim narrated from Imam Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Baqir (as) who said: "Five people should not lead others in prayer nor should they lead them in a congregational obligatory prayer: the person with leprosy (abrāṣ), the person with a skin disease (majdhūm), the child of adultery (walad al-zina), the Bedouin (a‘rābī) until he migrates, and the person who has been subjected to the legal punishment (al-maḥdūd)."

1105 - وَقَالَ أَمِيرُ اَلْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: «لاَ يُصَلِّيَنَّ أَحَدُكُمْ خَلْفَ اَلْأَجْذَمِ وَ اَلْأَبْرَصِ وَ اَلْمَجْنُونِ وَ اَلْمَحْدُودِ وَ وَلَدِ اَلزِّنَا وَ اَلْأَعْرَابِيُّ لاَ يَؤُمُّ اَلْمُهَاجِرَ.

Hadith.1105 - The Commander of the Faithful Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib (as) said: "None of you should pray behind a person with a mutilated limb (al-ajdham), a person with leprosy (al-abrāṣ), a person with a mental disorder (al-majnūn), a person who has been subjected to a legal punishment (al-maḥdūd), the child of adultery (walad al-zina), or a Bedouin (al-a‘rābī) leading a migrant (al-muhājir)."

1106 - وَقَالَ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: «اَلْأَغْلَفُ لاَ يَؤُمُّ اَلْقَوْمَ وَ لَوْ كَانَ أَقْرَأَهُمْ لِلْقُرْآنِ لِأَنَّهُ ضَيَّعَ مِنَ اَلسُّنَّةِ أَعْظَمَهَا وَ لاَ تُقْبَلُ لَهُ شَهَادَةٌ وَ لاَ يُصَلَّى عَلَيْهِ إِلاَّ أَنْ يَكُونَ تَرَكَ ذَلِكَ خَوْفاً عَلَى نَفْسِهِ.

Hadith.1106 - Imam (as) said: "An uncircumcised man (al-aghlaf) should not lead the people in prayer, even if he is the most proficient in reciting the Qur'an among them, because he has neglected one of the greatest aspects of the Sunnah. His testimony is not accepted, and prayers are not performed over him unless he left it (circumcision) out of fear for his life."

1107 - وَقَالَ اَلصَّادِقُ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: «لاَ يَؤُمُّ صَاحِبُ اَلْقَيْدِ اَلْمُطْلَقِينَ وَ لاَ يَؤُمُّ صَاحِبُ اَلْفَالِجِ اَلْأَصِحَّاءَ.

Hadith.1107 - Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as) said: "A person in chains (al-qayd) does not lead those who are free, and a person afflicted with paralysis (al-falij) does not lead those who are healthy."

1108 - وَقَالَ اَلْبَاقِرُ وَ اَلصَّادِقُ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: «لاَ بَأْسَ أَنْ يَؤُمَّ اَلْأَعْمَى إِذَا رَضُوا بِهِ وَ كَانَ أَكْثَرَهُمْ قِرَاءَةً وَ أَفْقَهَهُمْ.

Hadith.1108 - Imam Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Baqir (as) and Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as) said: "There is no issue for a blind person to lead the prayer if the people (praying behind him) are satisfied with him and he is the best among them in recitation and the most knowledgeable in religious jurisprudence."

1109 - وَقَالَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: «إِنَّمَا اَلْأَعْمَى أَعْمَى اَلْقَلْبِ فَإِنَّهَا «لاٰ تَعْمَى اَلْأَبْصٰارُ وَ لٰكِنْ تَعْمَى اَلْقُلُوبُ اَلَّتِي فِي اَلصُّدُورِ» »

Hadith.1109 - Imam Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Baqir (as) said: "Indeed, the truly blind are those who are blind in their hearts, for it is not the eyes that go blind but the hearts within the chests."

1111 - وَقَالَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: «مَنْ قَالَ بِالْجِسْمِ فَلاَ تُعْطُوهُ شَيْئاً مِنَ اَلزَّكَاةِ وَ لاَ تُصَلُّوا خَلْفَهُ.

Hadith.1111 - Imam Ali ibn Muhammad al-Hadi (as) and Imam Muhammad ibn Ali al-Jawad (as) said: "Whoever believes in anthropomorphism (al-jism), do not give them anything from the zakat, and do not pray behind them."

1112 - وَ كَتَبَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ اَلْبَرْقِيُّ إِلَى أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ اَلثَّانِي عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: أَ يَجُوزُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ اَلصَّلاَةُ خَلْفَ مَنْ وَقَفَ عَلَى أَبِيكَ وَ جَدِّكَ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ فَأَجَابَ «لاَ تُصَلِّ وَرَاءَهُ.

Hadith.1112 - Abu Abdullah al-Barqi wrote to Abu Ja'far al-Thani (as), asking: "May I be your ransom, is it permissible to pray behind someone who stopped at (only accepted the Imamate of) your father and grandfather (as)?" Imam (as) said: "Do not pray behind him."

1113 - وَ سَأَلَ عُمَرُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ أَبَا عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: عَنْ إِمَامٍ لاَ بَأْسَ بِهِ فِي جَمِيعِ أُمُورِهِ عَارِفٍ غَيْرَ أَنَّهُ يُسْمِعُ أَبَوَيْهِ اَلْكَلاَمَ اَلْغَلِيظَ اَلَّذِي يَغِيظُهُمَا أَقْرَأُ خَلْفَهُ قَالَ «لاَ، تَقْرَأُ خَلْفَهُ مَا لَمْ يَكُنْ عَاقّاً قَاطِعاً.

Hadith.1113 - Umar ibn Yazid asked Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as) about an Imam who is generally good in all his affairs and knowledgeable, but he raises his voice and speaks harshly to his parents, causing them distress. He asked: "Should I pray behind him?" He (as) replied: "No, do not pray behind him as long as he is not openly defiant and severing ties”.

1114 - وَ رَوَى مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ اَلْحَلَبِيُّ عَنْهُ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ أَنَّهُ قَالَ: «لاَ تُصَلِّ خَلْفَ مَنْ يَشْهَدُ عَلَيْكَ بِالْكُفْرِ وَ لاَ خَلْفَ مَنْ شَهِدْتَ عَلَيْهِ بِالْكُفْرِ.

Hadith.1114 - Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Halabi narrated from him (as) that He said: "Do not pray behind someone who declares you to be an unbeliever (kafir), and do not pray behind someone whom you have declared to be an unbeliever."