340 – He also reports, on the authority of Ṭalq (may Allah be pleased with him): “There is no prayer for the one who stands alone behind the row.” (1)
Al-Ṭabarānī adds to the hadith of Wābisah: “Could you not have joined them, or else pulled a man forward to stand beside you?!” (2)

Authenticity assessment
This report contains two separate clauses:

1. “There is no prayer for one who prays alone behind the row.” This sentence is sound, and its transmitters are reliable.
2. “Could you not have joined them, or pulled a man forward…?” This clause is not authentic; its chain is weak because it is transmitted solely by al-Misrī ibn Ismāʿīl, who has been declared unreliable.

Note: al-Ḥāfiẓ erred in attributing the report to Ṭalq; it is actually from ʿAlī ibn Shaybān (may Allah be pleased with him).

Lexical notes
• lā ṣalāh (no prayer): Ibn Daqīq al-ʿĪd has explained that the negation here should be understood as negating a valid, legislated prayer; in other words, the prayer does not count.
• ijtarrarta (you pulled): from the root jararta, “to drag a rope,” meaning to draw a man gently from the row and position him beside you so that the two of you form a row.
• alā dakhalta (could you not have entered?): constructed with a hamzah of interrogation plus the negative particle. A second reading pronounces the hamzah with a fatḥah and doubles