Is it obligatory for the mosque caretaker to wake the imam for the Fajr prayer before he himself goes down to pray the greeting of the mosque, since the imam does not wake up until he is woken?
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The questioner : ... He had to go down to wake the imam, who is Abu Anas, because he does not wake up unless I go down to wake him?
The Shaykh : This Abu Anas!
The questioner : Yes, Musa Nasr. So, is it obligatory that every time I go down to wake him, I go up to pray the greeting of the mosque?
The Shaykh : Why do you wake him?
The questioner : To wake him from sleep for the prayer!
The Shaykh : And the adhan does not wake him.
The questioner : No, he waits for me to come down to wake him.
The Shaykh : Understand that this is a bad practice!
The questioner : A bad practice.
The Shaykh : This Abu Anas!
The questioner : Yes, Musa Nasr. So, is it obligatory that every time I go down to wake him, I go up to pray the greeting of the mosque?
The Shaykh : Why do you wake him?
The questioner : To wake him from sleep for the prayer!
The Shaykh : And the adhan does not wake him.
The questioner : No, he waits for me to come down to wake him.
The Shaykh : Understand that this is a bad practice!
The questioner : A bad practice.
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