The imam leaving a pillar, such as prostration, and the congregation following him in doing so
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. In the author’s (may Allah have mercy on him) chapter, “The one who follows one who errs by leaving a condition or an obligation without knowing it,” you mentioned (may Allah preserve you) that the meaning of leaving an obligation is leaving something obligatory in the prayer. So, if the imam leaves a pillar, such as prostration for example, and the congregation follows him in leaving it,
Answer:
that is like leaving a rak’ah. If he leaves a pillar, it is like leaving a rak’ah; they perform a rak’ah in place of the rak’ah from which the pillar was dropped. As for if he leaves something obligatory, the prostration for forgetfulness suffices for it. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. In the author’s (may Allah have mercy on him) chapter, “The one who follows one who errs by leaving a condition or an obligation without knowing it,” you mentioned (may Allah preserve you) that the meaning of leaving an obligation is leaving something obligatory in the prayer. So, if the imam leaves a pillar, such as prostration for example, and the congregation follows him in leaving it,
Answer:
that is like leaving a rak’ah. If he leaves a pillar, it is like leaving a rak’ah; they perform a rak’ah in place of the rak’ah from which the pillar was dropped. As for if he leaves something obligatory, the prostration for forgetfulness suffices for it. Yes.
Source
المنتقى من أخبار سيد المرسلين 18-02-1435هـ — alfawzan.live (48:37)
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