Those who permitted correcting the imam

Ubaydah bin Rabi'ah said: I came to the Maqam of Ibrahim and there was a man in fine clothes with a pleasant fragrance standing and reciting the Qur'an in prayer. A man standing beside him was prompting him. I asked: Who is this? The people told me: It is Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him).

Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: If the imam seeks prompting from you, prompt him.

Al-Zuhri said: Marwan used to be prompted in prayer while the Companions of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) were in Madinah.

Al-Hasan and Ibn Sirin saw no harm in prompting the imam.

Al-Hasan and Ibn Sirin said: The imam is to be prompted.

Muhammad (Ibn Sirin) said: Sayyiduna Ibn Mughaffal (may Allah be pleased with him) ordered a man to prompt him whenever he faltered.

Hilal bin Abi Humayd said: Whenever Abdullah bin Ukaym faltered in prayer, I used to prompt him. One day he said to me: Did you pray with us? I said: No. He said: That is why I had great difficulty last night; I was unsure at one place, but there was no one to prompt me!

Ata said: There is no harm in prompting the imam.

Yazid bin Ruman said: I used to pray beside Nafi' bin Jubayr bin Mut'im; he would nudge me, and I would prompt him while he was in prayer.

Nafi' said: Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) led us in prayer. He hesitated at one place, so I prompted him, and he accepted my prompting.