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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Is it permissible to pray behind an imam who rushes through the prayer?

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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: The imam of our mosque rushes through the prayer to the extent that we may not catch up with him when he rises from the bowing or when he rises from the prostration. The question is: Is it permissible to pray behind him? Knowing that praying in another mosque would cause hardship?

Answer:
Advise him, counsel him, and ask him for tranquility and to avoid rushing. If he complies, that is well; otherwise, contact the Office of Mosque Affairs so that they can look into his situation and replace the imam in the prayer. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [ 3436/187] هل تجوز الصلاة خلف إمام يسرع في الصلاة؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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