Question
The trustee of our Musjid is an Aalim. For Taraaweeh he is allowing a Haafiz who trims his beard to perform 10 raka'ts while the Musjid's Imaam will lead the other ten raka'ts. The trustee says that there is nothing wrong if the haafiz who cuts his beard leads the Taraaweeh. The Imaam would like to know what should be his reaction.
Answer
It is not permissible to allow the one who trims his beard to lead the Taraaweeh Salaat. The trustee who appoints such a faasiq person to lead the Salaat is guilty of committing a major sin. He is not an 'Aalim'. He may be a molvi. An Aalim according to the Qur'aan Shareef is a learned man in whom the attribute of Fear for Allah is ingrained and conspicuous. Minus this attribute the molvi remains a jaahil as this trustee is. Despite being a molvi he ludicrously brays that there is nothing wrong in appointing a faasiq to lead the Salaat. After Isha Fardh the musallis should leave the Musjid and perform Taraaweeh elsewhere where the Haafiz/Imaam is not a faasiq. The Imaam should refuse to lead the 10 raka'ts Taraaweeh if the faasiq hafiz is allowed to lead ten raka'ts.
- Source
- themajlis.co.za
- Published in
- The Majlis Vol 19 No 05
- PDF page
- 5
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