Who is preferred for leading the prayer when the one with the best memorization and the one with the best knowledge of jurisprudence are both present?
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Question:
The one with the best memorization or the one with the best knowledge of jurisprudence, if both are present?
Answer:
The one who recites the most, the one whose recitation is most beautiful, and the one who has recited the most. If they are equal in the beauty of their recitation, the one who has recited the most is preferred; based on the hadith of 'Umar ibn al-Salimah:.
Q: What if he is a memorizer of the Qur'an but he shaves his beard and lets his garment hang below the ankles?
The Shaykh: The one who is just is preferred; the open sinner is not preferred.
The one with the best memorization or the one with the best knowledge of jurisprudence, if both are present?
Answer:
The one who recites the most, the one whose recitation is most beautiful, and the one who has recited the most. If they are equal in the beauty of their recitation, the one who has recited the most is preferred; based on the hadith of 'Umar ibn al-Salimah:
And let the one among you who has the most Qur'an lead you.
ويؤمكم أكثركم قرآنًاQ: What if he is a memorizer of the Qur'an but he shaves his beard and lets his garment hang below the ankles?
The Shaykh: The one who is just is preferred; the open sinner is not preferred.
Source
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