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Who has the preference to lead Salaat, a person who knows little Qur’an but has a small beard, or one with no beard but knows a lot more Qur’an?

· 8 Rajab 1425 AH1 min readFatwa 12437English

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Who has the preference to lead Salaat, a person who knows little Qur’an but has a small beard, or one with no beard but knows a lot more Qur’an?

Answer

The one who shaves his beard or trims it shorter than one fist is classified as a Faasiq. The Fuqahaa have stated that it is Makrooh (odious) to perform Salaah behind a Faasiq regardless of the amount of knowledge he possesses. Therefore it would be essential to perform Salaah behind one who has a Shar?i beard even though he is not as well versed in the Qur?an as the one mentioned above. (Ad-Durrul Mukhtaar, Vol. 2, Page 298. Ahsanul Fatwa, Vol.3, Page 260)

Note: If the Imam?s beard is small (less than one fist) due to trimming it, than it will be Makrooh to perform Salaah behind him as well.

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