Comparing the Imamate: The Memorizer Who Lets His Garment Hang Below the Ankles vs. Others
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. If there is a man who memorizes the Qur'an but lets his garment hang below the ankles, and another man who does not let his garment hang below the ankles but only memorizes a little of the Qur'an, which of the two is more deserving of the imamate?
Answer:
If the matter is one of choice, do not choose for the imamate anyone but one who loves the Sunnah and avoids sins. However, if the matter is not one of choice, and this man is the one who prays, then the matter reverts to the choice of those present or the choice of the one in charge. So pray with them, while advising him to stop letting his garment hang below the ankles. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. If there is a man who memorizes the Qur'an but lets his garment hang below the ankles, and another man who does not let his garment hang below the ankles but only memorizes a little of the Qur'an, which of the two is more deserving of the imamate?
Answer:
If the matter is one of choice, do not choose for the imamate anyone but one who loves the Sunnah and avoids sins. However, if the matter is not one of choice, and this man is the one who prays, then the matter reverts to the choice of those present or the choice of the one in charge. So pray with them, while advising him to stop letting his garment hang below the ankles. Yes.
Source
شرح زاد المستقنع [21] — alfawzan.live (1:15:01)
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