Is it permissible for the imam to be elevated above the ma'mum in prayer?

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The questioner : The jurists permitted the ma'mum to be elevated above the imam, even though there is no benefit in it?

The Shaykh : No, there is a hadith prohibiting the imam from being higher than the ma'mum.

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