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Fatwa CenterImaam remembered after prayer that he prayed without Wudu
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Assalam Alaikum:
May Allah give you the best reward for your Islamic service. My question is if Imaam leads the prayer without wudu unknowingly and remembers after salaah while the muqtadees have gone out.what Imaam and Muqtadies are supposed to do plz guide me in this important issue.thank you.
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All perfect praise be to Allaah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allaah, and that Muhammad 
is His slave and Messenger.
If the Imaam performs the prayer without being in a state of purity and then it becomes clear to him that he had performed the prayer in this condition, then his prayer is void and he is obliged to make it up. However, according to the most preponderant opinion of the scholars 
the people led in prayer [the congregation] are not obliged to make it up. That is because the prayer of the people led in prayer does not become invalid because of the invalidity of the prayer of their Imaam because of him not being in a state of purity; the thing which they [congregation] did not know (during the prayer). Rather, many scholars are of the view that the prayer of the congregation is absolutely not linked to the prayer of the Imaam in regard to its invalidity. The evidence about this is that Abu Hurayrah 
narrated that the Prophet said: "They [the Imaams] lead you in prayer, and if they do it properly, then you and them will reap a reward, but if they make mistakes, then you will reap a reward and they will be held responsible.” [Ahmad] For more benefit, refer to Fatwa 101586.
Allaah Knows best.
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