The Imam Returning to the First Tashahhud After Beginning the Recitation of Al-Fatihah
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. If the imam stands up having forgotten the first tashahhud, then begins reciting Al-Fatihah, and the ma'mum (those praying behind him) remind him by saying Subhan Allah, and he returns to the first tashahhud, is his prayer invalid?
Answer:
If he did it intentionally, knowing the ruling of the Shari'ah, his prayer is invalid. Once he has begun the recitation, it is not permissible for him to return, because he has entered the pillar. He has entered the pillar. It is not permissible for him to interrupt it in order to return to an obligatory act, which is the tashahhud. So if he does this intentionally, his prayer is invalid. But if he was ignorant, his prayer is valid. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. If the imam stands up having forgotten the first tashahhud, then begins reciting Al-Fatihah, and the ma'mum (those praying behind him) remind him by saying Subhan Allah, and he returns to the first tashahhud, is his prayer invalid?
Answer:
If he did it intentionally, knowing the ruling of the Shari'ah, his prayer is invalid. Once he has begun the recitation, it is not permissible for him to return, because he has entered the pillar. He has entered the pillar. It is not permissible for him to interrupt it in order to return to an obligatory act, which is the tashahhud. So if he does this intentionally, his prayer is invalid. But if he was ignorant, his prayer is valid. Yes.
Source
المنتقى من أخبار سيد المرسلين 28-12-1434هـ — af.org.sa (41:20)
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