Remembering during prayer that one is not in a state of ritual purity, and the ruling on appointing a substitute
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: If the imam remembers during the prayer that he is not in a state of ritual purity, is it obligatory for him to break the prayer? And is he permitted to appoint a substitute immediately?
The Shaykh:
If he entered the prayer without being in a state of ritual purity, the prayer is invalid and he does not appoint a substitute. Rather, he brings forward someone to start the prayer anew. But if he entered while in a state of ritual purity and then felt a state of minor or major ritual impurity, he may appoint a substitute before the impurity occurs. If he feels it before it happens, he appoints someone to lead the prayer in his place. Yes. As for if the impurity occurs before the appointment of a substitute, they start the prayer anew. Yes.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
They distinguish between the one who preceded the impurity and the one whom the impurity preceded. The impurity preceded him. Or he preceded the impurity. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: If the imam remembers during the prayer that he is not in a state of ritual purity, is it obligatory for him to break the prayer? And is he permitted to appoint a substitute immediately?
The Shaykh:
If he entered the prayer without being in a state of ritual purity, the prayer is invalid and he does not appoint a substitute. Rather, he brings forward someone to start the prayer anew. But if he entered while in a state of ritual purity and then felt a state of minor or major ritual impurity, he may appoint a substitute before the impurity occurs. If he feels it before it happens, he appoints someone to lead the prayer in his place. Yes. As for if the impurity occurs before the appointment of a substitute, they start the prayer anew. Yes.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
They distinguish between the one who preceded the impurity and the one whom the impurity preceded. The impurity preceded him. Or he preceded the impurity. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 12 من 13/شرح العقيدة الواسطية (1438 هـ) /ويحبون أهل بيت رسول الله/صالح الفوزان/العقيدة/كبار العلماء — youtube.com (59:31)
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