If the most knowledgeable in recitation does not know how to handle a defect in the prayer, is the more knowledgeable in jurisprudence preferred?
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The questioner : Regarding the first issue, if you please, it is Sunan Ibn Majah 980Sahih (Darussalam).
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : If it were said here, for example, that one does not look at how he acts or what he does if a defect occurs...
The Shaykh : What? One does not look at what?
The questioner : One does not look at it if, for example, a defect occurs in the prayer and the one who recites more does not know how to act. If it were said, for example, that this is an excuse for this situation...
The Shaykh : What are you saying? May Allah guide you. Your words are unclear. What do you mean? That he is not skilled in handling it? That he is not skilled in praying?
The questioner : He is not skilled in handling it if an emergency occurs in the prayer.
The student : For example, his ablution is broken.
The Shaykh : Are you speaking specifically about the funeral prayer, or about the general principle?
The questioner : No, I am speaking regarding the previous question, which is the general principle.
The Shaykh : What is the general principle?
The questioner : Which isSunan Ibn Majah 980Sahih (Darussalam).
The Shaykh: All right.
The questioner : So if someone were to say, "Well, brother, one does not look at this here, for example, if a defect occurs, such as adding a rak'ah or missing a rak'ah, how does he prostrate, how does he act? And the one who leads the people is the most knowledgeable in jurisprudence, because the most knowledgeable in recitation is not skilled in handling a defect if it occurs. What is the answer to them?"
The Shaykh : The most knowledgeable in recitation answers them.
The student : An oath?
The Shaykh : Yes, exactly. The most knowledgeable in recitation in the hadith does not imply the meaning you are going on about, that the most knowledgeable in recitation is not skilled in handling it. He is, for example, a scholar, but not one of the famous jurists. The issue is one of specialization first, and then the issue of specialization does not mean that he is ignorant and does not know the rulings of prayer. Except in the current custom, where one is skilled in recitation but not skilled in praying. This was not the case in that era. This is the answer.
The people should be lead by the one who is most well-Versed in recitation of the Book of Allah
يؤمُّ القومَ أقرَؤُهم لكتاب اللهThe Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : If it were said here, for example, that one does not look at how he acts or what he does if a defect occurs...
The Shaykh : What? One does not look at what?
The questioner : One does not look at it if, for example, a defect occurs in the prayer and the one who recites more does not know how to act. If it were said, for example, that this is an excuse for this situation...
The Shaykh : What are you saying? May Allah guide you. Your words are unclear. What do you mean? That he is not skilled in handling it? That he is not skilled in praying?
The questioner : He is not skilled in handling it if an emergency occurs in the prayer.
The student : For example, his ablution is broken.
The Shaykh : Are you speaking specifically about the funeral prayer, or about the general principle?
The questioner : No, I am speaking regarding the previous question, which is the general principle.
The Shaykh : What is the general principle?
The questioner : Which is
The people should be lead by the one who is most well-Versed in recitation of the Book of Allah
يؤمُّ القومَ أقرَؤُهم لكتاب اللهThe Shaykh: All right.
The questioner : So if someone were to say, "Well, brother, one does not look at this here, for example, if a defect occurs, such as adding a rak'ah or missing a rak'ah, how does he prostrate, how does he act? And the one who leads the people is the most knowledgeable in jurisprudence, because the most knowledgeable in recitation is not skilled in handling a defect if it occurs. What is the answer to them?"
The Shaykh : The most knowledgeable in recitation answers them.
The student : An oath?
The Shaykh : Yes, exactly. The most knowledgeable in recitation in the hadith does not imply the meaning you are going on about, that the most knowledgeable in recitation is not skilled in handling it. He is, for example, a scholar, but not one of the famous jurists. The issue is one of specialization first, and then the issue of specialization does not mean that he is ignorant and does not know the rulings of prayer. Except in the current custom, where one is skilled in recitation but not skilled in praying. This was not the case in that era. This is the answer.
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