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What is the ruling on one who appoints a person who makes mistakes in his recitation to lead the people in prayer, when there are among the congregation those who have better memorization of the Qur'an?

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Question:
This is from the Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: Our imam appoints a person who makes mistakes in his recitation, and sometimes this deputy reads from the mushaf during the obligatory prayer. There are people in the mosque congregation who have the Qur'an memorized. What is the ruling on our imam's action? And is it permissible for this deputy to do this and read from the mushaf during the obligatory prayer?

Answer:
It is not permissible for him to appoint someone who does not recite well. This is not permissible for him. He must not appoint anyone but one who recites well, and his responsibility is not discharged except by doing so. So alert him to this. Alert him to this. If he refuses, do you have a reference? My brother, go to the Ministry of Awqaf, Islamic Affairs, and Call to Islam and mention this action to them. The officials in charge of mosques are the ones who attend to him and negotiate with him. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [20 -582] ما الرأي فيمن يوكل من يلحن في قراءته ليصلي بالناس وفي المأمومين من هو أحفظ منه؟ — youtube.com

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