Some people on a trip of, say, two days say, “We will rotate the imams for the prayer,” so so-and-so leads the midday prayer, so-and-so leads the afternoon prayer, and so on for the rest of the prayers.

The questioner : May Allah reward you.
Your Eminence, some people on a trip of, say, two days say that they will rotate the imams for various benefits. For example, they have one man lead them in the midday prayer and another lead them in the afternoon prayer, and so on for the rest of the prayers. Does this conflict with the command of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him): ?

The Shaykh : There is no doubt that this contradicts the hadith mentioned, and therefore it is not permissible for anyone to engage in these exercises in a manner that goes against the Sunnah of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).
In fact, this reminds us of something important: if we want to raise people with an Islamic upbringing, it is not permissible for this upbringing to be in contradiction with the Sunnah. If it is known that this hadith, the first part of which was mentioned in the question, is: , and if this is the rule established, founded, and originated by the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) regarding who is most deserving of leading the prayer, how is it permissible for us to adopt means of upbringing and education that contradict this rule? It is said, “For the sake of what? Education and training.” Education and training must not be at the expense of contradicting the Sunnah. The people should not be led except as the Messenger (peace be upon him) said: . One can compensate by directly teaching those who are put forward in different shifts. He should not contradict the Sunnah in this matter or any other in the name of upbringing and education, because the end does not justify the means, as is the case with the disbelievers. For the disbelievers, the end justifies the means, so they adopt means by which they contradict the rulings of Allah because they are disbelievers. We should not imitate them, and we should always keep in mind that the correct rule is: “The end does not justify the means.” The end in the situation just presented is to train these imams and encourage them to lead people in prayer, but the matter is as it has been said:
"Sa'd brought them in, and Sa'd was wrapped up *** This is not, O Sa'd, how camels are brought in"
Education and training should not be based on contradicting the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). Yes.