Fasting on the Night of Decree and Leading the Blind in Prayer

The questioner:
The blind imam says, “Shaykh…”

The Shaykh:
This fasting…

The questioner:
…is better than a thousand fasts.

The Shaykh:
He interprets the saying of Allah the Exalted, He has no report to support this; the discussion is only about the night, only about the night. Fasting during the day is not fasting at night. I am saying this about fasting at night: acts of worship at night, such as prayer and recitation, are night deeds, whereas fasting is a day deed.

The questioner:
Shaykh, the blind imam…

The Shaykh:
He knows it, he knows it. He is ignorant; he knows it. He is contradicting the explicit text of the Qur’an.

The questioner:
The blind imam who leads women in prayer—who responds to him? The blind imam who leads women in prayer…

The Shaykh:
If a woman is behind him and recites, she can respond to him. There is no harm in that. She does not say the closing salam to the man. She speaks on the telephone, meaning she holds a mushaf behind him. If the need arises, there is no harm.