The Imam’s Repetition of Letters and Its Effect on the Prayer of the Congregation
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: If the imam stutters or repeats letters through the microphone, or due to a mistake in recitation, does this invalidate the prayer of the congregation?
Answer:
They say that it is disliked for one who stutters or repeats letters to lead the prayer. This is disliked. One who is a stutterer, who repeats the letter fa, or one who repeats the letter ta, should not be appointed as an imam.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: If the imam stutters or repeats letters through the microphone, or due to a mistake in recitation, does this invalidate the prayer of the congregation?
Answer:
They say that it is disliked for one who stutters or repeats letters to lead the prayer. This is disliked. One who is a stutterer, who repeats the letter fa, or one who repeats the letter ta, should not be appointed as an imam.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، الفصل الأول في النية في الطهارة والصلاة — islamhouse.com (44:54)
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