The Shaykh’s clarification of the issue of the angels’ saying “Ameen” and when it occurs

The Shaykh : May Allah bless you. The angels certainly do not contradict the rulings of Islam. Among those rulings is that they do not precede the imam. Therefore, they do not say “Ameen” before the imam while following him. So, if we want our saying “Ameen” to coincide with the angels’ saying “Ameen,” we should do what they do, meaning we should not precede the imam, just as they do. Please.

The questioner : If you please, there is a difficulty here!

The Shaykh: Yes.

The questioner : That is, the imam exits the state of coinciding with the angels. Why is it not answered: for the sake of agreement, or by the state?

The Shaykh: All right.

The questioner : That is, now when we say that the angels have caused the imam to exit from having his “Ameen” coincide with the angels’ “Ameen,” if the coincidence is by time.

The Shaykh : No, we have not caused him to exit, because the intention is not that the imam coincides with the angels. The intention is, first, that humans coincide with the imam, and consequently, it is a report of the unseen that the angels coincide with the imam. So the imam is the imam, the humans are behind him following, and the angels are also following.

The questioner : What is the explicit hadith, our Shaykh? That is later, our Shaykh.