Prioritizing the older person in leading the prayer over the one who is more proficient in recitation
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, he says, may Allah preserve you: If I am the one who is more proficient in reciting the Book of Allah, am I allowed to give priority to someone older than me out of respect for him?
The Shaykh:
If you are the one who is more proficient in recitation and they give you priority, you take precedence over the older person, if the older person does not recite well. Yes.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh.
The Shaykh:
If he recites well, he is given priority; but if he does not recite well, he is not. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, he says, may Allah preserve you: If I am the one who is more proficient in reciting the Book of Allah, am I allowed to give priority to someone older than me out of respect for him?
The Shaykh:
If you are the one who is more proficient in recitation and they give you priority, you take precedence over the older person, if the older person does not recite well. Yes.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh.
The Shaykh:
If he recites well, he is given priority; but if he does not recite well, he is not. Yes.
Source
المنتقى من أخبار سيد المرسلين 27-01-1435هـ — alfawzan.live (1:02:46)
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