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Bayhaqi Q5141 — "A Muslim should not follow a disbeliever in prayer"

لِقَوْلِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: " يَؤُمُّ الْقَوْمَ أَقْرَؤُهُمْ لِكِتَابِ اللهِ "، وَلَمْ تَكُنْ صَلَاةُ الْكَافِرِ إِسْلَامًا مِنْهُ إِذَا لَمْ يَتَكَلَّمْ بِالْإِسْلَامِ قَبْلَ الصَّلَاةِ.
Because of the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "The people should be led in prayer by the one who is the best reciter of the Book of Allah (the Holy Qur'an)."
And a disbeliever's performing the prayer does not become proof of his being a Muslim unless he verbally declares Islam before the prayer.
Hadith Reference السنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الصلاة / Q5141