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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The Shaykh’s comment on the issue of insurance and overtaking the imam in it.

Shaykh Muhammad Nasir al-Din al-Albani

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The Shaykh : The hadith that the professor has graciously mentioned confirms for you what you heard about not overtaking the imam; because its beginning is:
When the Imam says Amin, say Amin إذا أمَّن الإمام فأمِّنوا
Sunan Abi Dawud 936Sahih (Al-Albani)
, "If he says amen, then say amen," and this, as you know, is from the other hadith:
When he says Allahu Akbar, say Allahu Akbar إذا كبَّر فكبِّروا
; do you know of an ignorant person, let alone a student of knowledge, much less a scholar, who says takbir before the imam says takbir? That is almost impossible, and praise be to Allah. But all people, every one of them—we do not exclude the ignorant, nor the student of knowledge, nor even one who is called a scholar!—fall into contradicting this hadith,
When the Imam says Amin, say Amin إذا أمَّن الإمام فأمِّنوا
Sunan Abi Dawud 936Sahih (Al-Albani)
; that is because the custom has prevailed among people in all the mosques of the world that I have personally known. You do not find a group praying behind an imam who waits until the imam begins with
Ameen آمين
before they begin; no, if only they had followed him,
A آ
Ameen آمين
; no, they precede the imam with
Ameen آمين
, like one who enters into the prayer before the imam enters into the prayer; such a person has no prayer!
Abu Malik: All right, our Shaykh, they precede him before he finishes
the lost ones الضَّالِّينَ
.

The Shaykh : Again!
Abu Malik: Yes, indeed.

The Shaykh : This is correct—also; especially if the imam is reciting the Qur'an
and recite the Qur'an with measured recitation. وَرَتِّلِ الْقُرْآنَ تَرْتِيلًا
[Al-Muzzammil 73:4]
, and he prolongs the recitation of
And not those who go astray. وَلَا الضَّالِّينَ
for six counts, and they have already preceded us with
Ameen آمين
. What Allah willed!
Abu Malik: O brothers, bring forward, Professor.

The Shaykh : Bring forward, Professor.

The questioner: Praise be to Allah for your safety.

The Shaykh : And upon you be peace and the mercy of Allah.
Abu Malik: Where is Abdul Aziz?

Another questioner : ... .
Abu Malik: Where is Abdul Aziz?

Another questioner : Where ... .
Abu Malik: Where is Abdul Aziz? Abdul Aziz...
Our Shaykh, the hadith you mentioned—may Allah reward you with good—is in:
The Imam is appointed to be followed, so when he says the takbir, say the takbir, and when he recites, be silent إنما جُعِلَ الإمام لِيُؤتَمَّ به ، فإذا كبَّرَ فكبِّروا ، وإذا قرأ فأنصِتُوا ، وإذا ركع فاركعوا
Sunan an-Nasa'i 921Sahih (Darussalam)
, then he said:
and when he says amen, say amen وإذا أمَّن فأمِّنوا
, so...

The Shaykh : This is not found in the same hadith.

The questioner : By Allah—our Shaykh—it is there.

The Shaykh : I do not think so.
Abu Malik: It is there...

The Shaykh : Point it out to us, if Allah wills.
Abu Malik: If Allah wills, if Allah wills.

The Shaykh: Yes.
Abu Malik: Now we return to the questions.

The Shaykh: Yes.
Abu Malik: We return to the questions, O brothers.

The Shaykh: Go ahead.
Abu Malik: My lord, it says here: If a man performs Hajj. Before we ask and answer, it says.
Source www.al-albany.com

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