Imamate of a paralysed person

Question

Kindly inform us in your answer whose imamate among the following is proper and whose is not; we would be grateful. (1) One who has paralysis in any hand or foot. (2) Or one whose hand has withered naturally. (3) One who has paralysis in the foot.

Answer

If that hand does not function, then the imamate of such a person is makruh. (2) His imamate is makruh. (3) If the foot is not serviceable, that is, it does not bear the weight of the body, then the imamate of such a person is makruh.

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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