The requirement of the ruler's permission for the qunut in times of calamity
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Question:
Then he says, may Allah preserve you, and is it necessary to have the permission of the one in authority if you are the imam of a mosque?
Answer:
Yes, it is obligatory that a ruling be issued by the competent authority for issuing rulings. It is not permissible for a mosque imam to act on his own; a general ruling must be issued and circulated to the imams of the mosques. Yes.
Then he says, may Allah preserve you, and is it necessary to have the permission of the one in authority if you are the imam of a mosque?
Answer:
Yes, it is obligatory that a ruling be issued by the competent authority for issuing rulings. It is not permissible for a mosque imam to act on his own; a general ruling must be issued and circulated to the imams of the mosques. Yes.
Source
شرح كتاب فتح المجيد في شرح كتاب التوحيد [ صالح الفوزان ]، تابع باب : قول الله - تعالى - : { أيشركون ما لا يخلق شيئا وهم يخلقون } — islamhouse.com (53:59)
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