Repeating the Prayer Behind an Imam Who Made a Mistake in the Fatiha
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: We prayed the Maghrib prayer behind an imam who made a mistake in the Fatiha, where he changed the letter mīm to nūn in the word al-Raḥīm, reading it as al-Raḥīm. He asks: Are we required to repeat the prayer?
The Shaykh:
If you are certain of this. And that is the reason, because if he said, “May you be guided?” If you become certain that he changed the letter and replaced it with another letter, the prayer is not valid. This is a mistake that changes the meaning. Yes.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: I took an amount of five
The Shaykh:
And alert the congregation who are praying behind him, if you are certain of this. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: We prayed the Maghrib prayer behind an imam who made a mistake in the Fatiha, where he changed the letter mīm to nūn in the word al-Raḥīm, reading it as al-Raḥīm. He asks: Are we required to repeat the prayer?
The Shaykh:
If you are certain of this. And that is the reason, because if he said, “May you be guided?” If you become certain that he changed the letter and replaced it with another letter, the prayer is not valid. This is a mistake that changes the meaning. Yes.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: I took an amount of five
The Shaykh:
And alert the congregation who are praying behind him, if you are certain of this. Yes.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، تتمة فصل وقد أخبر - صلى لله عليه وسلم - أن طائفة من أمته تستحل الربا باسم البيع — islamhouse.com (1:12:19)
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