The blind and deaf leading the prayer: permissibility, dislike and banning
Is it permissible for the deaf or the blind to lead the prayer?
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Generally speaking there is nothing wrong with the Imamate of the blind or the deaf according to the view of the majority of scholars from the four schools of Fiqh and others. Their Imamate is valid because their defects do not affect any of the prayer actions or conditions. However, the Hanafi and the Hanbali scholars explicitly stated dislike of the Imamate of the blind; The Maaliki scholars stated the recommendation of the Imamate of other than the deaf and the dislike of the Imamate of the deaf. The Maaliki scholar The Shaafi‘is held that the blind and the seeing person are the same in terms of reward, because nothing distracts the blind so he is more submissive while the seeing person can see the Khabath (impurities) so he can avoid it. The preponderant opinion – and Allaah Knows best – is that the blind and the seeing person are equal in terms of leading the prayer. This is the view of the Shaaf‘is and the Maaliki researching scholars, because the Messenger of Allaah, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, appointed Furthermore, the preponderant opinion pertaining to the deaf is the view of the Maalikis, since he cannot hear the Tasbeeh of men or the hand clapping of women if he erred in prayer.
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