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المطالب العالية بزوائد المسانيد الثمانية
Al-Matalib al-'Aliyah
كتاب الصلاة
Book of Prayer
بَابُ الْفَتْحِ عَلَى الْإِمَامِ
Chapter: Prompting the imam
Al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 423 — Prompting the imam
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قَالَ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مَنِيعٍ : حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُبَشِّرٍ أَبُو سَعْدٍ الصَّاغَانِيُّ ، ثَنَا إِسْرَائِيلُ ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الْأَعْلَى ، عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ ، قَالَ : قَالَ عَلِيٌّ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ : ( مِنَ السُّنَّةِ أَنْ يُفْتَحَ عَلَى الْإِمَامِ إِذَا اسْتَطْعَمَكَ ) . قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ : مَا اسْتِطْعَامُ الْإِمَامِ ؟ قَالَ : إِذَا سَكَتَ .
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali bin Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: "It is the way of the Sunnah that the imam be prompted when he seeks prompting from you." I asked Abu Abd al-Rahman what is meant by the imam seeking prompting. He replied: "It means when the imam falls silent (because he has forgotten during the recitation)."
The chain of this hadith is hasan (good), and it establishes the juristic ruling that when the imam forgets or stumbles in the recitation during prayer, it is a Sunnah act for the follower to remind him, so that the recitation continues and the prayer is completed correctly.
The chain of this hadith is hasan (good), and it establishes the juristic ruling that when the imam forgets or stumbles in the recitation during prayer, it is a Sunnah act for the follower to remind him, so that the recitation continues and the prayer is completed correctly.
