Is it permissible for a person with urinary incontinence to lead the ignorant people in prayer?
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Question:
This questioner, your brother in Allah (E. B. T), says in his first question: Is it permissible for an excused person, such as one with urinary incontinence, to lead the ignorant people in prayer? Given that there is no one among them who can perform the obligatory prayer better than the excused person, as he is the most proficient in reciting the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of His Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and he is also the most knowledgeable about the matters of the Shari'ah.
Answer:
The safest course is not to lead them in prayer, as long as he has constant incontinence; the safest course is not to lead them. This is because a group of scholars hold that his leading them is invalid. So the safest course is not to lead them; someone else should lead them, even if his recitation is less proficient. Yes, someone who is qualified to lead the prayer should lead them, even if he has less knowledge and less proficient recitation. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good, O Shaykh. Is it permissible for a person with urinary incontinence to pray 'Isha' and then pray tarawih without renewing his wudu'?
The Shaykh: Yes, if he performs wudu' for the time, that is sufficient. For the time of 'Isha', that is sufficient. He can pray tarawih and qiyam al-layl (standing in night prayer) with it, because it is one time.
The presenter: May Allah reward you.
This questioner, your brother in Allah (E. B. T), says in his first question: Is it permissible for an excused person, such as one with urinary incontinence, to lead the ignorant people in prayer? Given that there is no one among them who can perform the obligatory prayer better than the excused person, as he is the most proficient in reciting the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of His Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and he is also the most knowledgeable about the matters of the Shari'ah.
Answer:
The safest course is not to lead them in prayer, as long as he has constant incontinence; the safest course is not to lead them. This is because a group of scholars hold that his leading them is invalid. So the safest course is not to lead them; someone else should lead them, even if his recitation is less proficient. Yes, someone who is qualified to lead the prayer should lead them, even if he has less knowledge and less proficient recitation. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good, O Shaykh. Is it permissible for a person with urinary incontinence to pray 'Isha' and then pray tarawih without renewing his wudu'?
The Shaykh: Yes, if he performs wudu' for the time, that is sufficient. For the time of 'Isha', that is sufficient. He can pray tarawih and qiyam al-layl (standing in night prayer) with it, because it is one time.
The presenter: May Allah reward you.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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