{"_id":"6aaaf350de40c814e6c796f0","title":"{\"format\":\"prosemirror\",\"schemaVersion\":1,\"doc\":{\"type\":\"doc\",\"content\":[{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null},\"content\":[{\"type\":\"text\",\"text\":\"Do followers have to repeat their prayer if the imam later realizes he had no wudu?\"}]}]}}","question":"{\"format\":\"prosemirror\",\"schemaVersion\":1,\"doc\":{\"type\":\"doc\",\"content\":[{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null},\"content\":[{\"type\":\"text\",\"text\":\"A Hanafi imam led a congregational prayer at the masjid. After the prayer was completed, he remembered that he did not have wudu when he led the prayer.\"}]},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null},\"content\":[{\"type\":\"text\",\"text\":\"Do the Hanafi followers who prayed behind him have to repeat their prayer, or is their prayer valid? What is the ruling for Shafi followers who prayed behind him?\"}]}]}}","answer":"{\"format\":\"prosemirror\",\"schemaVersion\":1,\"doc\":{\"type\":\"doc\",\"content\":[{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null},\"content\":[{\"type\":\"text\",\"text\":\"The Hanafis would need to repeat their prayer. This is what's mentioned in their books.\"}]},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillBlock\":{\"align\":\"right\"},\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null},\"content\":[{\"type\":\"text\",\"text\":\"مراقي الفلاح شرح نور الإيضاح\"}]},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillBlock\":{\"align\":\"right\"},\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null},\"content\":[{\"type\":\"text\",\"text\":\"الشرنبلالي\"}]},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillBlock\":{\"align\":\"right\"},\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null},\"content\":[{\"type\":\"text\",\"text\":\"«ويلزم الإمام» الذي تبين فساد صلاته «إعلام القوم بإعادة صلاتهم بالقدر الممكن» ولو بكتاب أو رسول «في المختار» \"}]},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null},\"content\":[{\"type\":\"text\",\"marks\":[{\"type\":\"italic\"}],\"text\":\"\\\"And if the invalidity of the imam's prayer becomes apparent, he repeats [his prayer], and it is incumbent upon the imam to inform the congregation, to the extent possible—even through a letter or a messenger—to repeat their prayers, according to the preferred view.\\\"\"}]},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null},\"content\":[{\"type\":\"text\",\"text\":\"The Shafis do not need to repeat their prayer unless one of them joined the prayer late during any of the rak'ahs and did not read the entire Fatiha for himself. This is because, when a person joins the prayer late and catches the rak'ah but does not catch the whole Fatiha—reading only a portion of it, or none at all because the imam is already in the ruku' position—the imam's Fatiha fulfills the missed recitation for the follower. However, since the imam was not in wudu', his prayer was not valid, and thus he could not compensate for the follower's Fatiha. Therefore, the follower who missed reading the Fatiha needs to repeat his prayer. Other followers (who recited the Fatiha fully themselves) do not need to repeat.\"}]}]}}","tags":[{"_id":"668d9fe60b76658b4c232875","tag":"Salah: Congregational","count":103},{"_id":"668d9ff90b76658b4c232aa0","tag":"Knowledge: Madhabs","count":71}],"createdOn":"2026-09-16T19:51:44.979Z"}