What is your guidance regarding an imam who does not know the meaning of “La ilaha illa Allah” and its conditions?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, what is your opinion of an imam who does not know the meaning of La ilaha illa Allah, nor does he know its conditions?
Answer:
What do you know about him? How do you know that he does not know the meaning of the verse? Have you tested him? It is not permissible to speak in this manner unless you have tested him and he is found to be ignorant of it. Then you teach it to him. May Allah reward you with good. Teach it to him; the ignorant one is taught.
Honorable Shaykh, what is your opinion of an imam who does not know the meaning of La ilaha illa Allah, nor does he know its conditions?
Answer:
What do you know about him? How do you know that he does not know the meaning of the verse? Have you tested him? It is not permissible to speak in this manner unless you have tested him and he is found to be ignorant of it. Then you teach it to him. May Allah reward you with good. Teach it to him; the ignorant one is taught.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 101- ما توجيهكم في إمامٍ يجهل معنى «لا إله إلا الله» وشروطَها؟ - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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