What is your opinion regarding the worshippers who repeat the prayer when the imam makes a mistake in the prayer by forgetting the middle tashahhud or something similar?
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The student : As long as this incident becomes frequent in the mosques, and it turns into a long and drawn-out dispute.
The Shaykh: Allah is the Greatest!
The student : This invalidates their prayer, and that is not what angers me; they go as a group, they split into two halves, they establish a new congregation, and an imam from among the worshippers leads them, and they pray behind him. He tells you, "This prayer is invalid, so it must be repeated!"
The Shaykh : I believe that the cause of this is ignorance in general, and ignorance of the Sunnah in particular, because if these followers had been educated about his saying (peace and blessings be upon him) regarding the imams:Riyad as-Salihin 1838, they would have been spared from this noise and quarreling.
The student: Correct.
The Shaykh : But they have not been educated, and those who educate them are in need of those who educate the people, who are in need of someone to educate them.
The student : No, and even this, our Shaykh, means: "For you and for them, and upon them and for you." This also does not apply to the cases we mentioned earlier, meaning the harm here does not involve intention, because the harm here occurred either from ignorance or from confusion, and he continued in his prayer. Then there is another issue, another cause: if he were a jurist—this is a problem—and he returned to standing again, the problem becomes more complicated, because the worshippers behind him might split into three groups: a group that continues with him because they know the ruling, another group that remains in its place and does not move, and a third group that might stand up, then return, then stand up, then return. The matter settles in his mind one way or another, he will attend, and this is also a great problem that occurs in the mosques.
The Shaykh : Yes, may Allah bless you, but we say that what is necessary must be done; the problem will occur in any case.
The student : Yes, yes.
The Shaykh : So we proceed with the correct ruling, and the matter is finished.
The student : Like the problem has become yours!
The Shaykh : Yes, indeed, there are other matters.
The student : There are other matters.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The Shaykh: Allah is the Greatest!
The student : This invalidates their prayer, and that is not what angers me; they go as a group, they split into two halves, they establish a new congregation, and an imam from among the worshippers leads them, and they pray behind him. He tells you, "This prayer is invalid, so it must be repeated!"
The Shaykh : I believe that the cause of this is ignorance in general, and ignorance of the Sunnah in particular, because if these followers had been educated about his saying (peace and blessings be upon him) regarding the imams:
Your leaders will lead you in Salat (prayer). If they conduct it properly, you and they will be rewarded; but if they make mistakes you will earn the reward and they will be held responsible (for the mistakes).
يصلُّون بكم ، فإن أصابوا فلكم ولهم ، وإن أخطؤوا فلكم وعليهمThe student: Correct.
The Shaykh : But they have not been educated, and those who educate them are in need of those who educate the people, who are in need of someone to educate them.
The student : No, and even this, our Shaykh, means: "For you and for them, and upon them and for you." This also does not apply to the cases we mentioned earlier, meaning the harm here does not involve intention, because the harm here occurred either from ignorance or from confusion, and he continued in his prayer. Then there is another issue, another cause: if he were a jurist—this is a problem—and he returned to standing again, the problem becomes more complicated, because the worshippers behind him might split into three groups: a group that continues with him because they know the ruling, another group that remains in its place and does not move, and a third group that might stand up, then return, then stand up, then return. The matter settles in his mind one way or another, he will attend, and this is also a great problem that occurs in the mosques.
The Shaykh : Yes, may Allah bless you, but we say that what is necessary must be done; the problem will occur in any case.
The student : Yes, yes.
The Shaykh : So we proceed with the correct ruling, and the matter is finished.
The student : Like the problem has become yours!
The Shaykh : Yes, indeed, there are other matters.
The student : There are other matters.
The Shaykh: Yes.
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