٥ـ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْمَاعِيلَ قَالَ كَتَبْتُ إِلَى أَبِي الْحَسَنِ (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلام) أَنِّي أَحْضُرُ الْمَسَاجِدَ مَعَ جِيرَتِي وَغَيْرِهِمْ فَيَأْمُرُونِّي بِالصَّلاَةِ بِهِمْ وَقَدْ صَلَّيْتُ قَبْلَ أَنْ آتِيَهُمْ وَرُبَّمَا صَلَّى خَلْفِي مَنْ يَقْتَدِي بِصَلاَتِي وَالْمُسْتَضْعَفُ وَالْجَاهِلُ وَأَكْرَهُ أَنْ أَتَقَدَّمَ وَقَدْ صَلَّيْتُ بِحَالِ مَنْ يُصَلِّي بِصَلاَتِي مِمَّنْ سَمَّيْتُ لَكَ فَمُرْنِي فِي ذَلِكَ بِأَمْرِكَ أَنْتَهِي إِلَيْهِ وَأَعْمَلُ بِهِ إِنْ شَاءَ الله فَكَتَبَ (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلام) صَلِّ بِهِمْ.
5. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from Muhammad ibn ’Isma’il who has said the following: “I once wrote to abu al-Hassan , ‘I go to Masjid with my neighbors and others and they ask me to lead Salah (prayer) with them, when I have already performed Salah (prayer) before coming to them. Perhaps certain ones have followed me in Salah (prayer) that I have already performed and they are people of weak understanding and the ignorant ones. I dislike leading. I have performed in such condition that I have mentioned. Command me so I obey and follow your command by the will of Allah. He (the Imam) wrote to me, ‘You must lead them in Salah (prayer).”’ 