مسائل المنتخبه (Articles Of Islamic Acts) - الخوئي، السيد أبوالقاسم - الصفحة ٣٠٩ - Congregational Prayers

unit. However, if he bends to the extent of bowing but does not join the bowing of the Imam, his prayers void.
١٤٣٧. It a person follows the Imam when he is in bowing and bends to the extent of bowing and doubts whether or not he has joined the bowing of the Imam, his prayers is void.
١٤٣٨. If a person follows the Imam when he is in bowing and. before he bends to the extent of bowing, the Imam raises his head from bowing. that person should, on the basis of obligatory precaution, make the ntention of individual prayers.
١٤٣٩. If a person follows the Imam from the beginning of the prayers or during the time Surah al-Hamd and surah are being recited and by chance, before he goes into bowing. the Imam raises his head from bowing, the prayers of that person is in order.
١٤٤٠. If a person arrives for prayers when the Imam is reciting the last tashahhud of the prayer, and if he wish to earn the spiritual reward of congregational prayers, he should sit down after making intention and pronouncing takbiratul ehram, and should recite tashahhud with the Imam, but should not say salaam and should wait till the Imam says salaam of the prayers. Then he should stand up and without making an intention again should pronounce takbir and recite Surah al-Hamd and surah and should treat it as the first unit of his prayers.
١٤٤١. The followers should not stand ahead of the Imam, and, on the basis of obligatory precaution, if the follower is one man he should stand a little behind theImam on his right- hand side and if there are many men, they should stand at the back of the Imam. And in the first case, if the follower is taller than the Imam, he should, on the basis of obligatory precaution. stand in such a way that at the time of bowing and prostration he should not be ahead of the Imam.
١٤٤٢. If the Imam is a man and the follower is a woman. and if there is a curtain or something similar to it between that