Is it permissible for the imam to keep a mushaf in his pocket to refer to during his prayer if he makes a mistake, because he cannot find anyone to recite for him?

The questioner : Your Eminence, the imam of a mosque whose congregation consists mostly of people who do not memorize what they recite in prayer.

The Shaykh : What is it...?

The questioner : They do not memorize what they recite in prayer and sometimes need someone to recite for them, but they cannot find anyone.

The Shaykh : Who recites? Who recites?

The questioner : Who recites for him? He cannot find anyone, he cannot find anyone, he cannot find anyone. So is it permissible for him to keep a mushaf in his pocket to recite from it or to have it recited from it?

The Shaykh : He reads from it, that is better.

The questioner : I mean, he reads from it.

The Shaykh : There is no harm; it is permissible for a person, whether an imam or a follower, though the follower may not need it, but the imam and the one praying alone may read from the mushaf, especially in the long surahs. For example, if he says: "It is Fajr on Friday, and the recommended practice is for a person to recite in it in the first rak'ah and in the second rak'ah," and he does not memorize them, we say: Read from the mushaf, and there is no blame on him, because this is narrated from Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that she used to do this in the night prayer. Yes.