A friend of mine asks, saying that he is a student but he does not know some of the rulings of prayer. Is it permissible for him to lead people in prayer?
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Question:
A friend of mine asks, saying that he is a student, but he does not know some of the rulings of prayer. Is it permissible for him to lead people in prayer?
Answer:
He may lead people in prayer, but he must learn, for he is ignorant of some of the rulings of prayer. If the point is that he does not know the pillars of prayer, its obligations, or its conditions, then it is obligatory for him to learn them, even if he is not an imam. It is obligatory for every Muslim to learn the conditions, pillars, and obligations of prayer in order to perform it as required, if he is able to do so. As for if he is unable to learn them, he prays according to his own state. Yes. May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you well.
A friend of mine asks, saying that he is a student, but he does not know some of the rulings of prayer. Is it permissible for him to lead people in prayer?
Answer:
He may lead people in prayer, but he must learn, for he is ignorant of some of the rulings of prayer. If the point is that he does not know the pillars of prayer, its obligations, or its conditions, then it is obligatory for him to learn them, even if he is not an imam. It is obligatory for every Muslim to learn the conditions, pillars, and obligations of prayer in order to perform it as required, if he is able to do so. As for if he is unable to learn them, he prays according to his own state. Yes. May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you well.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، صديق لي يسأل ويقول أنه متعلم لكنه لا يعرف بعض أحكام الصلاة هل يجوز له أن يصلي بالناس؟ الشيخ الفوزان — youtube.com
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