The imamate of a blind man who lies

Question

A certain man is blind and leads the prayer as imam, or he recites the qira'a incorrectly, does not act on guidance [when corrected] and tells lies. Is prayer behind such a person permissible or not? If one prays in congregation for the sake of the reward [of the congregation] and then repeats one's own prayer, is there any sin in that?

Answer

As long as nothing is known that renders the prayer fasid (invalid), the prayer will be discharged. But if something of that kind becomes known — for example, he made such an error in the qira'a that the meaning was distorted, or there was preventive najasa [in a quantity that prevents the validity of prayer] on his body or clothes — then the prayer did not take place, and it…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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