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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Is it permissible to miss the congregational prayer in my village if the imam does not recite al-Fatihah well?

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Question:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner says: I am an African man, and when I travel to one of the villages in Africa, I find an imam who is not proficient in reciting al-Fatihah,

Answer:
Yes, what is it? He says: May Allah reward you. When I go to one of the villages, I find an imam who is not proficient in reciting al-Fatihah; rather, he changes the words. And when I want to advise him, he does not listen to me because he is older than me and has been in the mosque for several years, claiming that he is accustomed to reciting al-Fatihah. If I leave him and pray at home, the people in the neighborhood say that I am neglecting the prayer. The question is: What should I do in this situation, knowing that I reside in this country? And if I go there, they say, "He has brought something new." You must try to convince this person and teach him al-Fatihah as much as you can. If you cannot, and he makes a mistake that changes the meaning, altering the meaning, then do not pray behind him. However, if his mistake does not change the meaning, the prayer behind him is valid. But if it changes the meaning, the prayer behind him in al-Fatihah is not valid; so leave him and pray alone, even if people say what they say, because this affects the validity or invalidity of the prayer. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [1440- 4717] هل يجوز التخلف عن صلاة الجماعة في قريتي إذا كان الإمام لا يحسن قراءة الفاتحة؟ — youtube.com

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