The ruling on correcting the imam if he makes a mistake in recitation
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: If the imam makes a mistake in his recitation of the Qur'an, is it obligatory to correct him and respond to him?
Answer:
Yes. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) was corrected, and they corrected him. And he said to Ubayy ibn Ka'b, "Where are you?" when he made a slip in his recitation? Did they not correct him? Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: If the imam makes a mistake in his recitation of the Qur'an, is it obligatory to correct him and respond to him?
Answer:
Yes. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) was corrected, and they corrected him. And he said to Ubayy ibn Ka'b, "Where are you?" when he made a slip in his recitation? Did they not correct him?
He said to Ubayy, "Where are you?"
قال لأبي أين أنت؟
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل وتمام الكلام في هذا المقام العظيم يتبين بأصول نافعة جامعة — islamhouse.com (1:05:03)
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