Is it permissible for one who has urinary incontinence to be an imam?
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The questioner : The one who has an illness like the one the brother mentioned.
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : The one who has an illness like the one the brother mentioned, is it not incontinence? Is he allowed to lead people in prayer in the mosques?
The Shaykh : There is a difference of opinion among the scholars on this: is it permissible for one with urinary incontinence to be an imam for those who are healthy, or not?
And what we see is that if one’s prayer is valid, his imamate is valid, provided he is qualified for imamate were it not for the impediment. Do you understand? What is the rule?
The questioner : That if one’s prayer is valid, his imamate is valid.
The Shaykh : Were it not for the impediment. And I only said this so that it would not be said: A woman’s prayer is valid, so is it permissible for her to be an imam for a man? And the answer is: No.
The questioner : May Allah reward you. We did not hear.
The Shaykh : Khalid says: Is it valid for him to be an imam?
We gave him the rule, yes?
The questioner : Urine may come out of him during the prayer?
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : Urine may come out of him during the prayer?
The Shaykh : That is, if it comes out during the prayer.
The questioner : So how can he be an imam?
The Shaykh : It is valid. Any person may experience a state of ritual impurity during the prayer.
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : The one who has an illness like the one the brother mentioned, is it not incontinence? Is he allowed to lead people in prayer in the mosques?
The Shaykh : There is a difference of opinion among the scholars on this: is it permissible for one with urinary incontinence to be an imam for those who are healthy, or not?
And what we see is that if one’s prayer is valid, his imamate is valid, provided he is qualified for imamate were it not for the impediment. Do you understand? What is the rule?
The questioner : That if one’s prayer is valid, his imamate is valid.
The Shaykh : Were it not for the impediment. And I only said this so that it would not be said: A woman’s prayer is valid, so is it permissible for her to be an imam for a man? And the answer is: No.
The questioner : May Allah reward you. We did not hear.
The Shaykh : Khalid says: Is it valid for him to be an imam?
We gave him the rule, yes?
The questioner : Urine may come out of him during the prayer?
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : Urine may come out of him during the prayer?
The Shaykh : That is, if it comes out during the prayer.
The questioner : So how can he be an imam?
The Shaykh : It is valid. Any person may experience a state of ritual impurity during the prayer.