The Indication of 'Umar and Ali's Appointment of a Successor Regarding the Appointment of a Successor After the Ablution is Broken
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. We ask: Does the action of 'Umar and Ali (may Allah be pleased with them) in appointing a successor after their ablution was broken indicate the validity of the imam appointing a successor after his ablution is broken?
The Shaykh:
What?
The questioner:
Does the action of 'Umar and Ali (may Allah be pleased with them) in appointing a successor after their ablution was broken?
The Shaykh:
How was their ablution broken? 'Umar's (may Allah be pleased with him) ablution was not broken. And the fact that blood was coming out of him is not a matter of scholarly consensus; there is no consensus that the emergence of blood breaks the ablution. Those who hold that the emergence of blood does not break the ablution would consider it to be a minor issue for him. And Allah knows best. The action of 'Umar, yes.
The questioner:
And I.
The Shaykh:
As for Ali, the state of impurity preceded the event. When he sensed that the nosebleed would come upon him, he appointed someone to complete the prayer, because he had not actually bled yet; rather, he anticipated it, and only the sign that he would bleed had occurred. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. We ask: Does the action of 'Umar and Ali (may Allah be pleased with them) in appointing a successor after their ablution was broken indicate the validity of the imam appointing a successor after his ablution is broken?
The Shaykh:
What?
The questioner:
Does the action of 'Umar and Ali (may Allah be pleased with them) in appointing a successor after their ablution was broken?
The Shaykh:
How was their ablution broken? 'Umar's (may Allah be pleased with him) ablution was not broken. And the fact that blood was coming out of him is not a matter of scholarly consensus; there is no consensus that the emergence of blood breaks the ablution. Those who hold that the emergence of blood does not break the ablution would consider it to be a minor issue for him. And Allah knows best. The action of 'Umar, yes.
The questioner:
And I.
The Shaykh:
As for Ali, the state of impurity preceded the event. When he sensed that the nosebleed would come upon him, he appointed someone to complete the prayer, because he had not actually bled yet; rather, he anticipated it, and only the sign that he would bleed had occurred. Yes.
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شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من باب اقتداء المتوضئ بالمتيمم — islamhouse.com (57:45)
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