Fatwa ID: 03576

Answered by: Maulana Shadman Ahmed

Question

If the Imam read: فاستخفنك الذين لا يوقنون , instead of: ولايستخفنك الذين لا يوقنون – is the salah fasid?

بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيْم

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful

Answer:

If the imam makes a mistake that will change the meaning of the Qur’ān; either by adding, subtracting or reading another word in place of that word, then the prayer will be fāsid. In this case, the absence of the ‘la’ changes the meaning of the sentence.[1]

Only Allah knows best

Written by Maulana Shadman Ahmed

Checked and approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah

Darul Ifta Birmingham

[1] `Ibn ’Abidīn, Muḥammad Amīn. Radd al-Muḥtār ’Alā al-Durr al-Mukhtār. Vol 1. Pg. 632. Dār al-Fikr, 1252H. : يُؤْمِنُونَ لَهُمْ فَمَا – مِثْلَ غَيَّرَتْ، وَإِنْ تَفْسُدُ لَا الثَّانِيَةِ سَيِّئَةٍ بِتَرْكِ – مِثْلُهَا – سَيِّئَةٍ وَجَزَاءُ – مِثْلَ الْمَعْنَى تُغَيِّرْ لَمْ فَإِنْ – آيَةٍ مِنْ – كَلِمَةً تَرَكَ وَإِنْالْأَوَّل وَالصَّحِيحُ لَا وَقِيلَ الْعَامَّةِ؛ عِنْدَ .يُفْسِدُ فَإِنَّهُ لَا، بِتَرْكِ -ُ Muftī Maḥmūd Ḥasan Ghangohī. Fatāwā Maḥmūdiyyah, Vol.7. Pg.148-149.