The Reward of the Mosque Imam
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is there a hadith in the Sunnah that the imam, meaning the mosque imam, receives a reward like that of those who pray behind him?
Answer:
Yes, it came in that sense: if they do well, the reward is for you and for them; and if they do poorly, the reward is for you and the sin is upon them. So if the imam prays well, with humility, and also adheres to the time—neither delaying nor advancing, but being punctual and not making it difficult for the congregation—then he has a great reward in this. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is there a hadith in the Sunnah that the imam, meaning the mosque imam, receives a reward like that of those who pray behind him?
Answer:
Yes, it came in that sense: if they do well, the reward is for you and for them; and if they do poorly, the reward is for you and the sin is upon them. So if the imam prays well, with humility, and also adheres to the time—neither delaying nor advancing, but being punctual and not making it difficult for the congregation—then he has a great reward in this. Yes.
Source
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