The Virtue of Leading the Prayer
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Question:
May Allah reward you. Honorable Shaykh, regarding the last question in this episode, the questioner asks about leading the prayer, this important religious duty that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) himself assumed and that his Rightly Guided Caliphs assumed. What is the virtue of leading the prayer?
Answer:
Leading the prayer has a great virtue and much good; because the imam preserves the congregational prayer, and the imam recites the Qur'an in his prayer, benefiting himself and those behind him. If he perfects the prayer, he receives his reward and the reward of those who prayed behind him. It has great virtues. It is sufficient for you that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) and his Rightly Guided Caliphs assumed it and performed it. Yes.
May Allah reward you. Honorable Shaykh, regarding the last question in this episode, the questioner asks about leading the prayer, this important religious duty that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) himself assumed and that his Rightly Guided Caliphs assumed. What is the virtue of leading the prayer?
Answer:
Leading the prayer has a great virtue and much good; because the imam preserves the congregational prayer, and the imam recites the Qur'an in his prayer, benefiting himself and those behind him. If he perfects the prayer, he receives his reward and the reward of those who prayed behind him. It has great virtues. It is sufficient for you that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) and his Rightly Guided Caliphs assumed it and performed it. Yes.
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/273 — archive.org (2:57)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.