The Ruling on Correcting the Imam in Prayer
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Question:
This questioner says: “Your Eminence, I pray behind an imam who is a memorizer of the Book of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) in the tarawih prayer and other loud prayers, and I correct him when he makes a mistake. The imam says: ‘Do not correct me in the short verses.’ We ask for your guidance on this matter.”
Answer:
No, it is prescribed that you correct him, even if he says: ‘Do not correct me.’ If he makes a mistake, he should be corrected so that the praying people know which verse he left out and which letter he left out. Correcting him is a matter of cooperating in righteousness and piety. It is not befitting for him to dislike that; rather, it is befitting for him to thank you.
This questioner says: “Your Eminence, I pray behind an imam who is a memorizer of the Book of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) in the tarawih prayer and other loud prayers, and I correct him when he makes a mistake. The imam says: ‘Do not correct me in the short verses.’ We ask for your guidance on this matter.”
Answer:
No, it is prescribed that you correct him, even if he says: ‘Do not correct me.’ If he makes a mistake, he should be corrected so that the praying people know which verse he left out and which letter he left out. Correcting him is a matter of cooperating in righteousness and piety. It is not befitting for him to dislike that; rather, it is befitting for him to thank you.
Source
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