Imamah — Prayer

• Qualities of an Imam
• Qualities required for leading the prayer
• The office of imam
• Whom should we appoint as imam?
• Whom to appoint as imam: a scholar with a short beard or another who follows the sunna?
• A Deobandi scholar leading the prayer
• The imam must be considerate of the followers
• Conditions of imamate and selling hides without tanning
• Imamate of one who has only a few hairs on his chin
• Desiring the Imamate
• The Imamate of One Who Is Not a Hafiz
• The Imamate of One Who Smokes the Hookah
• The Imamate of One Who Smokes Tobacco
• The Imamate of One Who Uses Tobacco Tooth Powder
• Must the Imam Adhere to His Duties
• The Imamate of One Who Leads the Funeral Prayer for a Polytheist
• The Imamate of an Imam Who Will Not Reconcile with a Follower
• The one who performs all five prayers should be appointed imam for Jumu‘a
• Leading the prayer after promising not to lead it
• The imam’s arrival before the time of the congregation
• A Brahmin boy raised [by a Muslim] and the imamate [of his offspring]
• The imamate of a man whose wife is a teacher
• The imamate of one whose wife is alleged to have a relationship with another man
• The imamate of the husband of a dissolute woman
• The imamate of one whose wife does not observe hijab before close relatives
• Imamate of a man whose wife does not observe hijab
• Imamate of a man whose wife cuts grass
• Leading the prayer wearing a turban
• The turban for the imam
• The turban for the imam
• Leading the prayer without a turban
• Leading the prayer without a cap or turban
• Leading the prayer in only a cap
• Leading the Prayer with the Kurta Button Undone
• Leading the Prayer in Loose Trousers and a Long Shirt
• Imamate of One Who Washes the Dead
• Imamate of the Washer of the Deceased
• Imamate of an Imam Who Lacks Respect
• Leading the Zuhr Fard Without Praying the Sunnas
• Leading the Zuhr Fard Without the Zuhr Sunna
• Imamate of an Imam Who Delays the Prayer
• Imamate of an unmarried man
• Imamate of a man who has never married
• Imamate of a man who has no wife
• Imamate of a pledgee (holder of mortgaged land)
• Imamate of the mosque attendant and the mu’adhdhin
• Leading the prayer during working hours
• Resuming the imamate after repenting of a mistake
• What should the imam do if the followers are divided?
• The imamate of one who gave truthful testimony
• Whose imamate is preferable: the resident’s or the traveller’s?
• The ruling on leading the prayer when the kurta is above the knees
• Is the imamate valid after complicity in a forced divorce?
• Lengthening the recitation out of anger and irritation
• The imamate and tarawih of one who does not fast because of an excuse
• A scholar leading the prayer and delivering the khutba without permission in the presence of the appointed khatib and imam
• Delaying the prayer by 5 minutes for some benefit
• Imamate of One Who Does Not Consider the Qur’an Lesson Obligatory
• A Woman Leading Tarawih
• When Should the Imam Begin the Prayer
• Imamate of a Person Suffering from Scabies
• Imamate of a Person Who Takes Omens from the Qur’an
• Singing, Music, an Indecent Gathering and the Imam Who Forbade It
• Leaving the Imamate for Other Work
• The Imamate of One Who Has Undergone Sterilization
• A Sayyid Praying Behind a Non-Sayyid
• The Imamate of a Sinful Person
• Prayer Behind a Fasiq: With or Without Karaha
• The Imamate of a Fasiq: A Khatib Accused of Sodomy
• The Imamate of a Fasiq and Fajir
• The Imamate of a Hafiz Who Is a Fasiq
• Appointing a Liar as Imam and Mu’adhdhin
• The Imamate of a Fornicator
• Imamate of One Who Jests Indecently with His Sister-in-Law
• Imamate of One Who Does Not Prevent Zina with His Sister-in-Law
• What Is the Ruling If the Imam Makes Improper Jokes
• Imamate of a Fornicator after Repentance
• Imamate of a Talebearer
• Imamate of One Who Commits Major Sins
• Imamate of One Who Commits Numerous Sins
• Imamate of One Who Commits Makruh Acts
• The imamate of one who does not pray tarawih
• Appointing as imam one who is not in the habit of praying
• The imamate of one who sleeps through fajr and takes services from young boys in private
• The imamate of one who abandons prayer
• Appointing as imam one who abandons the fard
• The ruling on an imam who is not regular in the prayer
• The imamate of one who abandons the congregation
• The imamate of one who abandons the congregation because of business
• Imamate of one who habitually abandons the sunna
• Imamate of an imam who does not pray the sunna
• Imamate of one who hurries in ruku‘ and sajda
• Imamate of a bribe-taker
• Imamate of one who consumes interest (riba)
• Imamate of a usurper
• The Imamate of a Forger and Deceiver
• The Imamate of One Who Committed Forgery
• The Conduct of the Imam of a Mosque under a Waqf Board
• Several Faults Attributed to an Imam
• The shortcomings of an imam
• The faults of an imam
• The faults of the imam
• The circumstances of an imam
• The imamate of an ignorant thief
• The imamate of a thief after repenting of theft
• The bad state of an imam, and the measure of the beard
• The imamate of one who consumes usury and one who shaves his beard
• The imamate of an educated man without a beard
• The imamate of one who shaves his beard
• The imamate of one who trims his beard, and repeating the prayer behind him
• The imamate of one whose beard is shorter than a fist
• He repented of cutting his beard, but it has not reached a fist’s length
• The ‘Id khutba of a clean-shaven man
• Leading tarawih by one whose beard is trimmed short
• The imamate of one who trims the hair on his chin, and the measure of the beard
• The imamate of one who shaves his beard and wears an “English” haircut
• The imamate of one with an “English” haircut
• The imamate of one with a large moustache
• The imamate of an imam who forbids growing a beard
• The imamate of a pigeon-flying imam whose wife does not observe hijab
• The imamate of one who roams the bazaar with his wife without hijab
• The imamate of one whose daughters do not observe hijab
• Praying behind an imam who does not marry off his daughters
• The imamate of one whose sons are sinners
• The imamate of one who raises a flag in the name of his spiritual guide
• The imamate of one whose son steals
• The imamate of one whose father engages in an unlawful trade
• The imamate of one who does not take care to cover his ‘awra
• The imamate of one who officiates a nikah at a gathering with singing and music
• The imamate of one who attends improper gatherings
• The imamate of one who listens to qawwali
• The imamate of one who listens to qawwali
• The imamate of one who watches films and listens to qawwali
• The imamate of the husband of a woman who sings and plays music
• The imamate of one who took part in a dance-and-song gathering
• The imamate of one who sings to a musical instrument
• The imamate of an imam who kisses a boy
• The imamate of one who kisses a boy
• Praying behind an imam who uses abusive language
• The imamate of a quarrelsome troublemaker
• The imamate of one in the habit of abusing
• An imam drinking the semen of a practitioner of incantations
• The imamate of one who solemnized the nikah of an undivorced woman
• The imamate of one who married a woman and her niece to one man
• Imamate of one who officiated a nikah with a step-grandmother
• Imamate of one who keeps an irrevocably divorced wife without halala
• Rulings on one who keeps his wife after three talaqs (imamate, funeral prayer, social dealings, etc.)
• Imamate of one who divorced purely out of spite
• Imamate of one who does not pay house rent
• Following an imam by one who knows of his sin
• The imamate of a student disobedient to his teacher
• The imamate of one who was disrespectful toward his teacher
• The imamate of one who verbally abuses his father
• The imamate of one who abuses and torments his father
• The imamate of one who uses abusive language
• The imamate of an imam who uses foul language in the mosque
• The imamate of one who had a pregnancy aborted
• Imamate of One Who Votes for Communists
• Imamate of One Who Does Not Keep to the Time
• Imamate of an Imam Who Sold the Mosque’s Shop
• Imamate of an Imam Who Set Up a Shop at the Mosque Door
• Imamate of an Imam Who Stopped the Reading of “Tablighi Nisab”
• Imamate of One Who Asks a Non-Muslim for the Name of a Thief
• An Imam Calling a Follower a Dog
• Imamate of One Who Forbids Religious Sermons but Allows Political Speeches
• The Ruling on an Imam Who Does Not Lead the Prayer Despite Taking a Salary
• The Imamate of One Who Slaughtered Goats for Hindus
• The Imamate of One Who Betrays a Trust
• The Imamate of One Who Betrays a Trust
• The Committee Entrusted Its Accounts to the Imam, and He Committed Various Breaches of Trust in Them
• The Imamate of a Liar and a Backbiter
• Appointing a Lying Person as Imam
• Imamate of an Envious Person
• Imamate of One Who Breaks Promises
• Praying Behind a Hypocrite and the Ruling on Breaking a Promise
• Imamate of an Imam Who Takes Sadaqat al-Fitr and Sacrificial Hides
• One Person Serving as Imam in Two Mosques
• Slandering
• The Imamate of a Tobacco User Who Watches Films
• An Imam Having Young Widows Massage His Feet
• Repentance from “Family Planning”
• The Imamate of One Who Does Not Provide Maintenance to His Wife
• The Imamate of a Sorcerer (Sahir) and a Practitioner of Incantations
• Leading the Prayer in a State of Janaba
• The Imamate of One Who Recites the Qur’an for a Fee
• The Imamate of One Who Smuggles Opium During Hajj
• Imamate of one who insulted a noble hadith
• Imamate of one who previously declared the scholars of truth disbelievers
• Imamate of one who denies the Qur’an and hadith and of the disciple of a fasiq
• Imamate of one who does not act on a fatwa despite considering it correct
• Refusing to pay others’ money on the pretext that one’s own money is with others
• Imamate of one who gives wrong rulings
• Imamate of one who gives rulings without knowledge and attributes them to hadith
• Imamate of one who said: “If I lie, may my resurrection be worse than Abu Jahl’s”
• The Imamate of One Who Had Non-Mahram Women Massage His Body
• The Imamate of an Imam Who Uses a Fan Bought with Unlawful Money
• The Imamate of a Liar, One Negligent of Purity, a Beggar and a Deaf Man
• The Imamate of One Who Sells [Palms] to Toddy-Makers
• The Imamate of One Who Takes the Bay‘a of Women Without Hijab
• The Imamate of One Who Had His Daughter Taught by a Non-Mahram
• The Imamate of an Innovator
• The Imamate of a Scholar Who Keeps Company with Innovators
• Following One Who Ascribes Knowledge of the Unseen to the Prophet ﷺ
• The Eid Prayer Behind an Innovator
• The Imamate of an Innovator (Mubtadi‘)
• The Imamate of One Who Holds the Third-Day and Fortieth-Day Memorial Gatherings
• The Imamate of One Who Eats Earth from a Shrine and Prostrates on It
• The Imamate of One Who Makes Offerings and Offers Cauldrons
• The Imamate of One Who Does Not Take Part in the Mawlid and the Tenth-Day Memorial Gathering
• The Imamate of a Barelvi
• The Imamate of a Barelvi
• A Deobandi Leading the Prayer in a Barelvi Mosque
• Prayer Behind a Raza-Khani (a Follower of Ahmad Raza Khan, i.e. a Barelvi)
• Prayer Behind Raza-Khanis and Their Citing of a Dar al-Ulum Fatwa
• A Barelvi’s Prayer Behind a Deobandi
• The Imamate of an Accused Person
• The Imamate of One Accused of Zina
• The Imamate of the Husband of an Adulteress
• A False Accusation against the Imam
• The Imamate of an Uncircumcised Man
• The Imamate of a Boy Born of a Marriage with a Mahram
• The Imamate of an Impotent Man
• The Imamate of a Childless Man
• The Imamate of a Mirasi
• Is the Imam Obliged to Sweep the Mosque or Fill the Hammam with Water?
• Is the Prayer Invalid behind [an Imam] outside the Four Communities?
• Imamate of a Cotton-Carder
• Imamate of a Barber
• Definition of a Ma‘dhūr (excused person) and his imamate
• Imamate of a Ma‘dhur (Excused Person)
• Imamate of a Ma‘dhur
• Imamate of a Blind Ma‘dhur
• Certain Traits of a Blind Imam
• The Imamate of a Blind Man
• The Imamate of a Blind Man (Conditions)
• The Imamate of a One-Eyed Man
• The Imamate of One Who Sees with One Eye
• Who Should Be Imam: the Sighted or the Blind
• The imamate of a blind man who lies
• The imamate of a man with one eye and one hand
• The imamate of a deaf man
• The imamate of a man with a tremor
• Praying behind a person with baras (leucoderma) and a leper
• The imamate of a man whose hand has been cut off
• An imam disabled in one hand
• The imamate of a lame man and a person with baras
• Imamate of a lame person
• Imamate of a lame person
• Imamate of a paralysed person
• Imamate of one with artificial teeth
• Prayer behind an imam with artificial teeth
• Imamate of one suffering from involuntary seminal discharge
• The prayer and imamate of one suffering from involuntary seminal discharge
• Imamate of one ill with involuntary seminal discharge
• Acknowledging one’s own weakness when leading the prayer
• The Imamate of a Minor
• The imamate of a boy
• An adult following a minor
• The imamate of an amrad (beardless youth)
• Removing an Imam who is qualified
• Opposing the imam without reason
• Removing the imam because one person is displeased
• Replacing the imam out of spite
• Calling the imam an employee
• Driving the imam out by reviling him
• A follower giving orders to the imam
• Looking upon the imam with contempt
• Regarding the imam as lowly and contemptible
• Verbally abusing the imam out of personal enmity
• Arguing with the imam over religious rulings
• Feeding the imam from usury (riba)
• Backbiting by the imam, and the like
• Regarding the imam as contemptible
• The imamate of one who cursed the imamate
• The ruling on the prayer of one who does not obey the imam
• The prayer of one who harbours aversion to the imam
• The imamate of one who insists on leading while the followers do not want him
• The mutawalli putting forward someone other than the imam for Jumu‘a
• Opposing the imam for not contributing to the Muharram [rites]
• Who Has the Right to Appoint an Imam
• Another person leading the prayer while the imam’s deputy is present
• The right of a person other than the imam to lead the prayer
• Making someone imam without permission in case of need
• The imam leading the prayer in his teacher’s presence!
• The imam appointing someone as his substitute out of need!
• Who should lead the witr in Ramadan?
• If the imam does not come, should everyone pray separately?
• Appointing another imam without a shar‘i reason
• Are the Right to Imamate and to Officiating Nikah Inherited?
• The Imam Entrusted the Imamate to the Mutawalli for the Time of His Absence
• People of Knowledge and Understanding Should Stand Near the Imam
• Going on Leave after Appointing Someone as One’s Deputy in the Imamate
• Leading Prayer by Someone Who Recites the Qur’an Incorrectly
• Imamate of One Who Recites Incorrectly: Sometimes Right, Sometimes Wrong
• Imamate of One Who Recites Incorrectly: A Young Hafiz in Tarawih
• Imamate of One Who Recites Incorrectly: Mistakes in Vowels and Alif
• Imamate of One Who Recites Incorrectly: Mistakes in Pronunciation
• Prayer behind an imam who recites incorrectly
• The imamate of one who does not observe the rules of tajwid
• The imamate of one who does not pronounce «ق» and «ك» correctly
• The imamate of one who commits subtle errors (lahn khafi)
• The imamate of an unlearned man who recites incorrectly
• Imamate of one who recites incorrectly, does not observe the Shari‘a and has served a sentence
• Imamate of one who does not recite with correct pronunciation
• Imamate of one who pauses in seven places in Surat al-Fatiha
• Imamate of one who recites quickly in silent recitation and slowly in audible recitation
• If the imam’s recitation cannot be understood
• If the imam’s voice does not reach the last row
• Prayer of a Shafi‘i Behind a Hanafi Imam
• The Eid prayer of Hanafis behind a Shafi‘i
• A Hanafi Imam Leading Shi‘is and Qadianis
• Following a Shafi‘i Imam in Disputed Issues
• Prayer Behind the Ahl-e Hadith
• A Hanafi’s Prayer Behind a Non-Muqallid
• Imamate of a Non-Muqallid
• Following a Non-Muqallid in Prayer
• Following a Non-Muqallid in Prayer
• If the Imam’s Ablution Breaks During Prayer
• Returning a Bull Bought from a Brahmin, and the Imamate of the One Who Returned It
• The Duties of the Imam
• The imamate of a salaried imam
• The standard for the salary of an imam and a qadi
• A taunting demand for a raise in the meagre pay for teaching and the imamate
• Praying behind a salaried imam
• The imam’s salary from the income of waqf land
• An imam’s taking a monthly stipend
• The imam’s coming late and taking a salary
• The imam’s salary and food from unlawful income
• Leading the Eid Prayer for a Fee
• The Status of a Teacher's and an Imam's Salary
• Benefiting from a Wife's or Daughter's Salary
• An Agreement with the Imam That No Salary Be Deducted for Absence Is Valid
• The Salary of an Imam Who Goes Out for a Chilla (a Forty-Day Outing with the Jama‘at), Leaving a Substitute
• If the Imam's Salary Is Not Paid on Time
• The Imamate of One Who Takes the Mosque's Money as His Salary
• An Imam Who Has Resigned Is Not Entitled to a Salary Until Re-employment Is Agreed
• Followers Going to Another Mosque Because the Imam Is Not Punctual
• Following One Who Is Praying Individually (Munfarid)
• Appointing an Imam by Force
• The Imam’s Announcement: “Whoever I Am Displeased With, God Is Displeased With”
• If the Imam Is Not a Scholar, Whom to Ask About a Ruling
• Someone Other Than the Imam Doing Tabligh
• The Imam’s Conditions Regarding Meals
• The Imamate of One Who Prepared and Ate Betel in Another’s House
• Waking the sleeping imam by going to his door
• Waking the imam if he is asleep
• Did the Prophet ﷺ pray behind any of the Companions?
• The imam eating in one house after another
• What is the reason for the dislike of the imamate of those whose imamate is makruh?
• Giving amulets to Chamars in the mosque
• The imam going from door to door for his food
• An imam’s reply on a missed prayer: “The Prophet ﷺ also missed a prayer”
• The imam standing in front of a calligraphic inscription
• The imamate of one who said, “What if someone strangles me?”
• The imam’s fainting prevents continuation of the prayer (bina’)
• Praying behind an imam with whom the followers are displeased
• The imam praying sunnas and nafls on the same prayer place
• One imam leading the Eid prayer in two places
• The imamate of one who prays ihtiyat al-zuhr
• Masbuq and lahiq: following the imam in his fifth rak‘a
• Definition of a Masbūq
• How the masbuq completes his prayer
• The ruling for the masbuq: recitation in the rak‘a he makes up
• A masbuq completing his prayer by watching another masbuq
• A masbuq who joined after the imam’s sajda al-sahw
• A masbuq forgetfully gave the salam to both sides
• If a masbuq forgetfully gives the salam to one side
• A masbuq giving the salam together with the imam
• If the masbuq deliberately gives the salam together with the imam
• The masbuq had not finished the tashahhud when the imam gave the salam
• Is the tashahhud wajib for the masbuq?
• The masbuq recites the tashahhud in the imam’s final sitting
• What should one who joins during the tashahhud do?
• The masbuq did not perform sajda al-sahw with the imam
• The masbuq performs sajda al-sahw but does not give the salam
• The masbuq following the imam in the salam of sajda al-sahw
• The ruling on the masbuq regarding the salam of sajda al-sahw
• A masbuq gave salam with the imam for sajda al-sahw
• Joining the imam after sajda al-sahw
• Joining the imam after sajda al-sahw
• Is the iqtida’ of one who joins in the sitting after sajda al-sahw valid?
• Joining the imam in his fifth rak‘a
• Joining after the word “al-salam”
• Joining the imam after he gives salam to the right
• The Masbuq Said the Opening Takbir and the Imam Gave the Salam
• An Issue Concerning Following the Imam
• Recitation in the Prayer of a Masbuq
• When Should the Masbuq Stand to Complete His Prayer?
• How the Masbuq Follower Completes His Prayer
• How Does a Masbuq Who Missed Three Rak‘as Complete the Rest of the Prayer?
• Reconciling the Fatwa of Dar al-Ulum Deoband and the Text of “Ta‘lim al-Islam” on the Masbuq’s Salam
• Does the Masbuq Recite the Qunut in the Witr Prayer?
• Concerning the masbuq and the lahiq
• The prayer of the masbuq-lahiq
• How should a masbuq-lahiq perform sajda al-sahw?
• Sajda al-sahw in the remaining part of the masbuq’s prayer
• If only one muqtadi remains afterwards, what should he do
• The ruling on bina’ (resuming the prayer) when ritual impurity occurs
• What should a worshipper in the first row do if his wudu’ breaks?
• Wudu broke and there is no room to get out: what should one do?
• Hadath during the prayer while the water is far away: what should one do?
• Hadath in the final sitting after the tashahhud
• Hadath occurred after giving the salam to one side
• Giving the salam before the imam out of necessity after the final sitting
• He continued the ruku‘ and sajda while supposing he had hadath
• Should the lahiq say the tasmi‘ or the tahmid?

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