If there is a regular imam and someone who is a better reciter than him is present, does he have more right to lead the prayer than the imam?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: If there is a regular imam, and a person who is a better reciter than him is present, does he have more right to lead the prayer than the imam?
Answer:
A better reciter than him? No. The regular imam is not to be followed by another man. The man in the desert, the imam of the mosque, has authority in the mosque. So one does not come and take precedence over him. This is forbidden; it is not permissible.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: If there is a regular imam, and a person who is a better reciter than him is present, does he have more right to lead the prayer than the imam?
Answer:
A better reciter than him? No. The regular imam is not to be followed by another man. The man in the desert, the imam of the mosque, has authority in the mosque. So one does not come and take precedence over him. This is forbidden; it is not permissible.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [696 -3022] إذا كان هناك إمامٌ راتب فحضر من هو أقرأ منه، فهل يكون أحق منه بالإمامة؟ — youtube.com
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