Can a person making signs lead the Salaah

Q: Can a person making ruku and sajda follow an Imam making salah with signs in a nafl salah?

A: A person who is able to perform ruku' and sajdah cannot follow a person performing salaah with signs, neither in fardh salaah nor nafl salaah.

And Allah Ta'ala knows best.

ولا يصلي الذي يركع ويسجد خلف المومئ لأن حال المقتدي أقوى (الهداية 1/ 127)

( ولا يصح اقتداء رجل بامرأة ) . . . ( و ) لا ( قادر على ركوع وسجود بعاجز عنهما ) (الدر المختار 1/ 576-578)

Answered by:

Mufti Zakaria Makada

Checked & Approved:

Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)