What is the guidance regarding one who leads people in prayer but does not complete the prostration?
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The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, I see a person in the voluntary prayers who does not complete the pillar of prostration,
The Shaykh:
Yes.
The questioner:
He says: I see a person in the voluntary prayers who does not complete the pillar of prostration, and he leads us in prayer more than once. In some travels, I do not know during the prayer whether he completes the pillars or not. What is the ruling on our prayer?
The Shaykh:
Advise him, advise him, and tell them that tranquility is a pillar of the prayer; the prayer is not valid except with tranquility. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to the one who did not settle in his prostration in his prayer: So he has not prayed. The one who does not settle has not prayed because he left a pillar of the pillars of the prayer. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, I see a person in the voluntary prayers who does not complete the pillar of prostration,
The Shaykh:
Yes.
The questioner:
He says: I see a person in the voluntary prayers who does not complete the pillar of prostration, and he leads us in prayer more than once. In some travels, I do not know during the prayer whether he completes the pillars or not. What is the ruling on our prayer?
The Shaykh:
Advise him, advise him, and tell them that tranquility is a pillar of the prayer; the prayer is not valid except with tranquility. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to the one who did not settle in his prostration in his prayer:
Pray, for you have not prayed
صل فإنك لم تصلي
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [84 -521] ما التوجيه فيما يصلي بالناس ولا يتم السجود؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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