The Imamate of a Childless Man

Question

A certain Mawlana is the senior teacher of a madrasa, but he is childless. Is it permissible to pray behind him or not?

Answer

One to whom no children have been born is neither a criminal nor a sinner in Shar‘i terms; because of this there is no deficiency in his imamate.

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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