The ruling on one who leads people in prayer while forgetting that he is in a state of ritual impurity
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The questioner:
He says: If a person comes while in a state of ritual impurity and steps forward to lead the congregational prayer, denying that he is in a state of ritual impurity, and then he remembers after one or two units of prayer, what is the ruling on the prayer of the followers?
The Shaykh:
He appoints one of them to lead, according to the correct view, and completes the prayer with them. If he goes to perform ablution and returns, and they wait for him and he starts the prayer again with them, there is no harm. Or if they wait for him while praying until he prays with them and completes his prayer with them, and they wait for him until he concludes the prayer with them, there is no harm. However, the better and more preferable course is that he appoints someone to complete the prayer for them so that he does not detain them or cause them harm. He appoints someone and prays with them, and after that he performs ablution and strikes...
The questioner:
Their prayer has passed as valid.
The Shaykh:
This is the correct view. Some scholars hold that their prayer is invalid and that they must restart it from the beginning, because he entered the prayer in a state of ritual impurity. This is the opinion of a group of scholars, that he must restart from the beginning, appointing one of them to lead, or waiting for the imam to return so that he prays with him from the beginning. The correct view is that this is not required; rather, he appoints a substitute, or appoints one of them, so that he prays with them for the remainder of his prayer.
He says: If a person comes while in a state of ritual impurity and steps forward to lead the congregational prayer, denying that he is in a state of ritual impurity, and then he remembers after one or two units of prayer, what is the ruling on the prayer of the followers?
The Shaykh:
He appoints one of them to lead, according to the correct view, and completes the prayer with them. If he goes to perform ablution and returns, and they wait for him and he starts the prayer again with them, there is no harm. Or if they wait for him while praying until he prays with them and completes his prayer with them, and they wait for him until he concludes the prayer with them, there is no harm. However, the better and more preferable course is that he appoints someone to complete the prayer for them so that he does not detain them or cause them harm. He appoints someone and prays with them, and after that he performs ablution and strikes...
The questioner:
Their prayer has passed as valid.
The Shaykh:
This is the correct view. Some scholars hold that their prayer is invalid and that they must restart it from the beginning, because he entered the prayer in a state of ritual impurity. This is the opinion of a group of scholars, that he must restart from the beginning, appointing one of them to lead, or waiting for the imam to return so that he prays with him from the beginning. The correct view is that this is not required; rather, he appoints a substitute, or appoints one of them, so that he prays with them for the remainder of his prayer.
Source
قناة «فضيلة الشيخ ابن باز Alsheikh Binbaz»، حكم من صلى بالناس ناسياً أنه محدث - بن باز - مشروع كبار العلماء — youtube.com
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