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Following an Imam who is sitting

· 30 Safar 1445 AH1 min readEnglish

Question

Assalamualaikum.

Wanted to know if our Salah is valid .

We follow according to the hanafi mathab…the imaam should sit for sujood. We were at a place where the imaam stood for qiraah and went in rukooh normal….but sat on a chair for sujood and tashahud…is that permissible

Answer

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

As-Salāmu ‘Alaykum Wa-Rahmatullāhi Wa-Barakātuh.

It is not permissible for the Muqtadi (who can perform Sajdah on the ground) to follow an Imam that cannot perform Sajdah on the ground.

However, it is valid to pray behind an Imam who is sitting down if the Imam can prostrate on the ground. [1]

And Allah Ta’ala Knows Best.

References (Arabic / Urdu sources)

[1] الغاية في شرح الهداية، اسفار (3/418)

قوله: (ويصلي القائم خلف القاعد)(٥) ، ولو صلى خلفه قاعدا لا يجزئه

الجوهرة النيرة على مختصر القدوري (1/ 62)

(قوله: ويصلي القائم خلف القاعد) يعني إذا كان القاعد يركع ويسجد فاقتدى به قائم يركع ويسجد.

الفقه الإسلامي وأدلته للزحيلي (2/ 1246)

والخلاصة: إن أشد المذاهب في شرط اتحاد صلاتي الإمام والمؤتم هو المالكي، ثم الحنفي، ثم الحنبلي، ثم الشافعي، ولايجيز المالكية خلافاً للجمهور صلاة القائم خلف القاعد، ويصلي المأموم قاعداً عند الحنابلة خلف الجالس.

كتاب النوازل (4/361)

کرسی پر بیٹھ کر اشارہ سے نماز پڑھنے والے کی امامت رکوع سجدہ پر قادر مقتدیوں کے لئے درست نہیں ہے، لیکن اگر کوئ امام اس طرح نماز پڑھے کہ بحالت قیام کرسی یا اسٹول پر بیٹھے،لیکن رکوع اور سجدہ با قاعدہ ادا کرے،تو اس کے پیچھے ہر طرح کے مقتدیوں کی نماز درست ہو جائےگی-

Answered by
Owais Fasih Siddiqui, Student Darul Iftaa, Vancouver, Canada
Checked & approved by
Mufti Muhammad Zakariyya Desai.
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