The Shaykh’s remarks on the importance of saying “Ameen” in prayer.
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The Shaykh : The hadith that the professor mentioned confirms for you what you heard about not preceding the imam, because its beginning is Sunan Abi Dawud 936Sahih (Al-Albani) Sunan Abi Dawud 936Sahih (Al-Albani). And this, as you know, is from the other hadith: . Do you know of any ignorant person, let alone a student of knowledge, much less a scholar, who says the takbir before the imam’s takbir? That is almost impossible, and praise be to Allah. But people, all people—we do not exclude the ignorant, nor the student of knowledge, nor even one who is called a scholar—do not fall into contradicting this hadith Sunan Abi Dawud 936Sahih (Al-Albani). That is because 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 “Ameen” before they start. No, if only they had followed him with “Ameen.” No, they precede the imam with “Ameen,” like the one who enters the prayer before the imam enters it. Such a person has no prayer.
Abu Malik: O our Shaykh, they precede him before he finishes “al-Dhalin.”
The Shaykh: Also
Abu Malik: Yes, exactly.
The Shaykh : - LaughterThe Shaykh : (may Allah have mercy on him)—this is also correct, especially if the imam recites the Qur’an[Al-Muzzammil 73:4] and elongates in for six counts, and then they say, “We preceded you with Ameen.”
Abu Malik: Our Shaykh, the hadith you mentioned, may Allah reward you with good, is inSunan an-Nasa'i 921Sahih (Darussalam), and then it says: . So...
The Shaykh : That is not found in the same hadith.
Abu Malik: By Allah, our Shaykh, it is there.
The Shaykh : I do not think so.
Abu Malik: It is there; I will show it to you.
The Shaykh : Show it 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.
When the Imam says Amin, say Amin
إذا أمّن الإمام فأمّنواWhen the Imam says Amin, say Amin
إذا أمّن الإمام فأمّنواWhen he says takbir, say takbir.
إذا كبر فكبرواWhen the Imam says Amin, say Amin
إذا أمّن الإمام فأمّنواAbu Malik: O our Shaykh, they precede him before he finishes “al-Dhalin.”
The Shaykh: Also
Abu Malik: Yes, exactly.
The Shaykh : - LaughterThe Shaykh : (may Allah have mercy on him)—this is also correct, especially if the imam recites the Qur’an
and recite the Qur'an with measured recitation.
ورتل القرآن ترتيلاnor those who go astray
ولا الضالينAbu Malik: 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 جعل الإمام ليؤتم به فإذا كبر فكبروا وإذا قرأ فأنصتوا وإذا ركع فاركعوا ......and when he says Ameen, say Ameen.
... وإذا أمّن فأمّنواThe Shaykh : That is not found in the same hadith.
Abu Malik: By Allah, our Shaykh, it is there.
The Shaykh : I do not think so.
Abu Malik: It is there; I will show it to you.
The Shaykh : Show it 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.
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