Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever performs prayer behind the Imam, the recitation of the Imam will be considered as his recitation." This narration is munkar; its narrator Sahl bin Abbas is abandoned.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates: The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever performs prayer behind the Imam, the recitation of the Imam is considered as his recitation." Abu al-Hasan has transmitted this as a marfu' (attributed to the Prophet) hadith, and this is an error.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) regarding reciting behind the Imam says: "The recitation of the Imam is sufficient for you."

Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever has an imam, then the recitation of the imam is considered his recitation." This narration is not authentic; among its narrators, Muhammad bin ‘Abbad Razi is alone in transmitting it, and he is weak.

Sayyiduna Abu Darda’ (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: I asked the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him),“Will recitation (of Qur’an) be done in every prayer?”He (peace be upon him) replied,“Yes.”A man from among the Ansar said,“It has become obligatory.”The narrator states: Sayyiduna Abu Darda’ turned towards me—since I was sitting closest to him among those present—and said,“O Kathir! I think that when a person is leading people in prayer, his recitation is sufficient for those people.”