Is a person with a permanent state of ritual impurity appointed to lead people in prayer?

Question:
What is the ruling on a person with a permanent state of ritual impurity? Is he appointed to lead the mosque and the prayer of the people, and other such matters?

Answer:
A person with a permanent state of ritual impurity is not appointed to lead except by someone like him, whose state of ritual impurity is also permanent. As for being an imam for the healthy, it is not permissible, because he lacks a condition of the prayer, for which he is excused due to his inability to perform it, but he does not become an imam for the healthy.