Prayer behind an Imam Who is not Good in Recitation

 

Prayer behind an Imam Who is not Good in Recitation

Question:

What is the opinion of His Excellency, the Shaikh, regarding an Imam who is not good in Quranic recitation? Is prayer behind him permissible, bearing in mind that there is no better then he in the village, except during holidays and vacations, when some learned people come to the village? But this Imam is permanent in this mosque and since there is a school for Quraan memorization nearby, I have requested that he learn there, but he has not done so. I request clarification.

 

Answer:

If there is nothing ungrammatical in his recitation which would alter the meaning, then there is no objection to prayer behind him; for example, if he recited Al-hamda lillahi Rabbil-alamin, or he said: Ar-Rahmanar-Rahim, or: Ar-Rahmanur-Rahim, it would not harm. However, if his recitation changes the meaning, then this must be pointed out to him and he must be taught and directed, until his recitation is correct. And if he makes a mistake when he is reciting, he must be corrected and he should be encouraged to enter the school for Quranic recitation and hopefully, his recitation will improve. And Allaah is the One Who is asked.

Now days we as Muslims have to spread the voice to learn quran and so we could gain the true knowledge and the quran teaching that is give to us by our beloved prophet Muhammad peace be upon him and do quran reading. Do we as Muslim ask our self that why we are at the peak of destruction? The answer will be simple that we have left our roots the holy quran we should guide promote Islam from in our homes first and let learn our kids quran  and encourage them in doing quran memorization this should be our first goal for it we can do different stuff like let then participate in different online quran recitation competition to let them listen to quran from different online quran reciters and along with it we elders should learn quran also and improve our knowledge of quran and Islam and learn holy quran tafseer because to understand and learn quran Arabic and for this now a days there are many online quran tutor available who teach tajweed quran and its translation and tafseer so let us join our hands to be the voice of Islam and let improve the image of it as well and full fill our deputy