Ruling on the congregation preceding the imam in saying "Ameen" after he says "and not the astray"
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The Shaykh : One of the common fallacies in all Islamic countries is that your country, Saudi Arabia, was supposed to be safe from such a deviation, because there are, praise be to Allah, many callers to the Book and the Sunnah in it, unlike other Islamic countries. That deviation is the followers racing their imams in saying "Ameen." Perhaps you have noticed this in this prayer.
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : yourselves, where you preceded me, meaning you do not give your imam room to breathe, at least.
The student: Hehehe.
The Shaykh : As you know, it is from the Sunnah that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), as came in the hadith of Umm Salama, used to break up the recitation of the Qur'an, verse by verse. She gave the example of al-Fatihah and said:[Al-Fatihah 1:1-2] to the end. And there is no doubt that the conclusion of al-Fatihah is [Al-Fatihah 1:7] and that "Ameen" is undoubtedly part of al-Fatihah. So it is necessary for every imam that when he finishes reading "and not the astray," he should take a breath. You do not give him room from al-Fatihah. So it is necessary for every imam, it is necessary for every imam, when he finishes reading al-Fatihah with the words: , that he take a breath, and after that he says "Ameen." But before he takes the breath, the people behind him have started with "Ameen." And true is the one who said they have finished. So may Allah reward you, convey this Sunnah, which is known to you in knowledge but not known to you in upbringing. We return to purification and upbringing. Perhaps you, if Allah wills, will convey this Sunnah and apply it. From your mothers, you are patient with him until he takes a breath, he returns to the breath after , and when you hear him start with "Ameen," then start with "Ameen" after him. And by that, you realize two things in the hadith that came in this regard: The first thing: obeying his command (peace be upon him), which it is not permissible to contradict by the text of the Qur'an. And the second thing: that we obtain the forgiveness of Allah as a reward for our obedience to the command of our Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). That is His saying, as came in "al-Sahihayn" from the hadith of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), he said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Sunan Abi Dawud 936Sahih (Al-Albani). This is a very great reward. I say, on such an occasion, if one of us lived the lifespan of Noah (peace be upon him), a thousand years and more, I say a thousand years and more his lifespan, as for what he stayed with his people, it was a thousand years except fifty years. So if one of us lived a thousand years just to obtain the forgiveness of Allah (Mighty and Majestic), the price would be a cheap, modest one. So what about the fact that the matter does not cost us except to rein in our souls, and not to race our imam, and to remember his recitation? When he finishes from , he takes a breath, then starts to say "Ameen," so we say "Ameen" with him, and we have earned this forgiveness from Allah (Mighty and Majestic). So the matter, the issue is very important. First: we do not contradict the command of the Messenger. Second: if we do not contradict the command of the Messenger, we obtain the forgiveness of the Lord of the Worlds (Blessed and Exalted is He). So I hope that you remind those behind you of this neglected Sunnah in practice, because I have traveled to many countries, unfortunately, and found it dead completely. All the people contradict this hadith in all the countries I visited. So the reward of the caller to reviving this Sunnah is truly a very wide reward, whose extent no one knows except Allah. Perhaps you, if Allah wills, as he (peace be upon him) said: .
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : yourselves, where you preceded me, meaning you do not give your imam room to breathe, at least.
The student: Hehehe.
The Shaykh : As you know, it is from the Sunnah that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), as came in the hadith of Umm Salama, used to break up the recitation of the Qur'an, verse by verse. She gave the example of al-Fatihah and said:
(1) In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful. (2) [All] praise is [due] to Allah, Lord of the worlds -
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ * الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ * الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِnot of those who have evoked [Your] anger or of those who are astray.
غَيْرِ الْمَغْضُوبِ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا الضَّالِّينَAnd not those who go astray.
وَلَا الضَّالِّينَAnd not those who go astray.
وَلَا الضَّالِّينَWhen the Imam says Amin, say Amin, for if anyone’s utterance of Amin synchronnises with that of the angles, he will be forgiven his past sins.
إذا أمَّنَ الإمام فأمِّنوا ؛ فإنه مَن وافق تأمينُه تأمينَ الملائكة غُفِرَ له ما تقدَّم من ذنبهAnd not those who go astray.
وَلَا الضَّالِّينَLet the one present convey [it] to the one absent.
لِيُبلِّغ الشاهدُ الغائبَ
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