Shaykh Muḥammad b. al-Ḥasan al-Ṭūsī · Chapter on the Rulings of Congregational Prayer (the Minimum Number for Congregational Prayer, the Description of the Imam, Who Is to Be Followed and Who Is Not to Be Followed, Recitation Behind Both of Them, the Rulings of Those Led in Prayer, and Other Such Rulings Related to It)
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رَوَى مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ إِدْرِيسَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ اَلْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ مُصَدِّقِ بْنِ صَدَقَةَ عَنْ عَمَّارٍ اَلسَّابَاطِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ: سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ اَلرَّجُلِ يُصَلِّي بِقَوْمٍ وَ هُمْ فِي مَوْضِعٍ أَسْفَلَ مِنْ مَوْضِعِهِ اَلَّذِي يُصَلِّي فِيهِ فَقَالَ« إِنْ كَانَ اَلْإِمَامُ عَلَى شِبْهِ اَلدُّكَّانِ أَوْ عَلَى مَوْضِعٍ أَرْفَعَ مِنْ مَوْضِعِهِمْ لَمْ تُجْزِ صَلاَتُهُمْ» وَ إِنْ كَانَ أَرْفَعَ مِنْهُمْ بِقَدْرِ إِصْبَعٍ أَوْ كَانَ أَكْثَرَ أَوْ أَقَلَّ إِذَا كَانَ اَلاِرْتِفَاعُ مِنْهُمْ بِقَدْرِ شِبْرٍ فَإِنْ كَانَتْ أَرْضاً مَبْسُوطَةً وَ كَانَ فِي مَوْضِعٍ مِنْهَا اِرْتِفَاعٌ فَقَامَ اَلْإِمَامُ فِي اَلْمَوْضِعِ اَلْمُرْتَفِعِ وَ قَامَ مَنْ خَلْفَهُ أَسْفَلَ مِنْهُ وَ اَلْأَرْضُ مَبْسُوطَةٌ إِلاَّ أَنَّهُمْ فِي مَوْضِعٍ مُنْحَدِرٍ قَالَ« لاَ بَأْسَ» قَالَ وَ سُئِلَ وَ إِنْ كَانَ اَلْإِمَامُ فِي أَسْفَلَ مِنْ مَوْضِعِ مَنْ يُصَلِّي خَلْفَهُ قَالَ« لاَ بَأْسَ» وَقَالَ« وَإِنْ كَانَ رَجُلٌ فَوْقَ سَطْحٍ أَوْ غَيْرِ ذَلِكَ دُكَّاناً أَوْ غَيْرَهُ وَكَانَ اَلْإِمَامُ يُصَلِّي عَلَى اَلْأَرْضِ أَسْفَلَ مِنْهُ جَازَ لِلرَّجُلِ أَنْ يُصَلِّيَ خَلْفَهُ وَ يَقْتَدِيَ بِصَلاَتِهِ إِنْ كَانَ أَرْفَعَ مِنْهُ بِشَيْءٍ كَثِيرٍ» وإذا صلى نفسان فذكر كل واحد منهما انه كان اماما كانت صلاتهما تامة
Muhammad ibn Yaqub from Ahmad ibn Idris from Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Yahya from Ahmad ibn al-Hasan ibn Ali from Amr ibn Said from Musaddiq ibn Sadaqah from Ammar al-Sabati from Abu Abdillah (a.s): I asked Imam al-Sadiq (a.s) about a man who leads a group in prayer while they are in a place lower than the place where he is praying. Imam (a.s) said: “If the imam (of prayer) is on something like a platform (dukkan) or on a spot higher than their spot, their prayer is not valid.” (al-Sabbati asked) “But if he is higher than them by the measure of a finger, or whether it is more or less, if the elevation is by the measure of a span (shibr), then if it is flat ground and there happens to be an elevated spot from which the imam (of prayer) stands and those behind him stand below him, and the ground is flat except that they are in a sloped area” Imam (a.s) said: “There is no harm.” Imam (a.s) was also asked: “And if the imam (of prayer) is in a position lower than that of those praying behind him?” Imam (a.s) said: “There is no harm.” And Imam (a.s) said: “And if a man is on top of a roof or anything similar a platform or something else and the imam (of prayer) is praying on the ground below him, it is permissible for the man to pray behind him and follow his prayer, even if he is significantly higher than him.”
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Ali Akbar al-Ghaffari
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Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 3, p. 59
Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi
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