{"id":8267,"date":"2016-01-24T19:57:00","date_gmt":"2016-01-24T19:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/?p=8267"},"modified":"2016-01-24T19:57:00","modified_gmt":"2016-01-24T19:57:00","slug":"is-a-musafir-considered-to-be-more-worthy-of-leading-the-prayer-than-a-resident-imam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/is-a-musafir-considered-to-be-more-worthy-of-leading-the-prayer-than-a-resident-imam\/","title":{"rendered":"Is a Musafir considered to be more worthy of leading the prayer than a resident Imam"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tFatwa ID: 01845<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tAnswered by <\/strong>Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tQuestion:<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tWhen it is time for prayer in a group of Muslims, I have noticed that, if there is a musafir amongst them, they usually send him forward to be the imam. Is there any basis for this, i.e. is a musaafir in any way more\/less suitable to be an imam?<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tAnswer:<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\t\"Bismillah\"<\/a>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tThe most deserving of Imamat (leading prayer) is<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

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  1. \n\t\tThe believer who is the most knowledgeable of the rules regarding prayers and purification (cleanliness) provided that he has memorized such a quantity of the Holy Qur’an that he could do the "Sunnah Qiraat" with and also recite correctly. He should not have wrong beliefs and should keep himself away from shameful and immoral acts.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n
  2. \n\t\tThereafter the one who can recite the Qur’an correctly.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n
  3. \n\t\tThen he who is most pious.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n
  4. \n\t\tThen the most aged.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n
  5. \n\t\tThen the one who possesses best manners. (Raddul Muhtar p.294 v.2)<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    \n\tHowever, if there is an appointed Imam in any mosque or at any place then this Imam is most deserving of leading prayer notwithstanding the fact that others are more versed in Islamic knowledge and "Tajweed" than him. (Raddul Muhtar p.413 v.1)<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

    \n\tRegarding your question, as long as the place where the congregation is taking place is not in a Masjid where there is an appointed Imam and the Musafir Imam has the one of the aforementioned criteria’s, then it is permissible to make him an Imam. (Fatawa Hindiyyah p.85 v.1)<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

    \n\tOnly Allah Knows Best<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

    \n\tMohammed Tosir Miah<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

    \n\tDarul Ifta Birmingham<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Fatwa ID: 01845 Answered by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah Question: When it is time for prayer in a group of Muslims, I have noticed that, if there…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[14],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8267"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8267"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8267\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}