The Imam Interrupting the Prayer Upon Realizing Ritual Impurity and Appointing Another Imam
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. I led the prayer, and after I said the takbir of ihram and recited Surat al-Fatihah, I remembered that I was not in a state of ritual purity. So I interrupted the prayer, and the congregation repeated the iqamah and appointed another imam. Is this action correct, or is there another action that is more correct?
Answer:
The action is correct, but there is no need for the iqamah; the first iqamah is sufficient. As for them appointing one person and his brother praying, it is your right to appoint one person, and it is your right to appoint one person to pray behind him afterwards. Since you did not appoint anyone and the congregation appointed one, there is no need, if Allah wills. This is sufficient.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. I led the prayer, and after I said the takbir of ihram and recited Surat al-Fatihah, I remembered that I was not in a state of ritual purity. So I interrupted the prayer, and the congregation repeated the iqamah and appointed another imam. Is this action correct, or is there another action that is more correct?
Answer:
The action is correct, but there is no need for the iqamah; the first iqamah is sufficient. As for them appointing one person and his brother praying, it is your right to appoint one person, and it is your right to appoint one person to pray behind him afterwards. Since you did not appoint anyone and the congregation appointed one, there is no need, if Allah wills. This is sufficient.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 141/27 شرح زاد المستقنع/ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (1:18:26)
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