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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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If a man leads people in prayer and then remembers that he was not in a state of ritual purity, and he completes the prayer with them out of shyness toward them, is only his prayer invalid?

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The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A young man volunteered to lead the congregation of the mosque in the 'Asr prayer because the imam was absent. In the second rak'ah, it became clear to him that he had forgotten to perform wudu'. He completed the prayer with the congregation out of fear and shyness toward them, assuming that the prayer of those behind him was valid and that he alone had to repeat it. Is his action correct?

The Shaykh:
No, it is not correct. It is not permissible for him to continue in prayer while he is not in a state of ritual purity. Rather, he should exit the prayer and not continue in it while he is not in a state of ritual purity. And this is not shyness; this is not shyness. It is not shyness; it is embarrassment, which is not shyness. So he has made a mistake without a doubt, and he must repeat the prayer, and those who

The questioner:
were present with him.

The Shaykh:
From Algeria.

The questioner:
The congregation who prayed with him.

The Shaykh:
He orders them to repeat the prayer. As for the one who left and did not know, his prayer is valid. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [258 -2802] من صلى بالناس وتذكر أنه على غير طهارة فأتم الصلاة بهم استحياء منهم، هل تبطل صلاته فقط؟ — youtube.com

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