The Ruling on Reciting Over the Imam in Prayer
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Question:
The second question, may you live long. We are in a village, yes, a large village with several schools and teachers, and many educated people, yes. And there is a judge, may you live long, a judge of the court and the imam of the mosque. So he led the people in the tarawih prayer and made a mistake, and one of the rows corrected him. After he finished the prayer, he said, "Who corrected me?" They said, "So-and-so." He said, "No one is to correct me anymore." Is he in the wrong, or is he in the right? Thank you, Abu Muhammad. May Allah bless you. Please, Shaykh. Welcome.
Answer:
Yes, the recitation can become blocked even for the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). It happened that his recitation became blocked, so when he finished the prayer, he asked them to correct him. He said to some of the Companions, "Where are you, O readers of the Companions? Where are you, O so-and-so?" So the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) experienced a blockage in his recitation, so it is all the more so for others. Correcting him when a verse becomes blocked for him is the right of the imam, the right of the ma'mum (one praying behind the imam), and the right of the worshippers. This is part of cooperating in righteousness and piety. Yes.
The second question, may you live long. We are in a village, yes, a large village with several schools and teachers, and many educated people, yes. And there is a judge, may you live long, a judge of the court and the imam of the mosque. So he led the people in the tarawih prayer and made a mistake, and one of the rows corrected him. After he finished the prayer, he said, "Who corrected me?" They said, "So-and-so." He said, "No one is to correct me anymore." Is he in the wrong, or is he in the right? Thank you, Abu Muhammad. May Allah bless you. Please, Shaykh. Welcome.
Answer:
Yes, the recitation can become blocked even for the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). It happened that his recitation became blocked, so when he finished the prayer, he asked them to correct him. He said to some of the Companions, "Where are you, O readers of the Companions? Where are you, O so-and-so?" So the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) experienced a blockage in his recitation, so it is all the more so for others. Correcting him when a verse becomes blocked for him is the right of the imam, the right of the ma'mum (one praying behind the imam), and the right of the worshippers. This is part of cooperating in righteousness and piety. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [5168] حكم الفتح على الإمام في الصلاة - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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