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0..", ... 23: In..!idl.........., m$(I bow duwn ... kn Ire bows down, and rise up when Ire rises u.p andptrform pruytr sitting wIr'n lIt (tlrt imolm) performs (it) sitring:·'Besides, in the hruJitlr related by AI-BukhM and Muslim on the authority ofAbiI Hurayrah, tilt Prophet (PBUH) sa id:~ .. Then perform prtl)'fT silling all togttheT ....Imjm Muslim also rdates this badltlr with slightly diae~n l wording on Iheauthority of Arw;". ~ n.. people led in prayer are 10 sit when lhe imolm sitsb«:aUK t/t( imdm should be t/t( one leading the p«Iple in prayer.If $Ome people perform pnlyer lIanding and others perform it sittingbehind an imdm who performs it sitting, their prayer will be valid accordingto the soundesl view in this regard. In this case, if the i".~m appoints a personto lead lhe people standing, it will be beuer so as to avoid any dis.agreementconcerning this~, . 1$0 bec:au$C Ihe Prophet (PBUH) appointed AbU Bakrinstead of himself 10 lead IM pnlyer during the Prophet's lasl illness'. TheProphet (PBU H) thus led people in pnlyer silting and appoinled AM Dab tolead them on his b.haIf, to show Ihal il is permissible 10 do both thinS$; . 1IdAllah knows best.The imamate of the one in a co ntinual stale of ritual impurity ;s invalid,This continual Slate of ritual impurity includes enu resis. unco ntrolled passingof wind continl101JSly and Ihe like, Yet. it is only I"'rmissibk for Ih e one afflicledwith such a diKase 10 lead liloK in IlK same slale as his.. HQWe>'eT, if a healthyptr$OI'I pel fOI 111$ prayer behind luch an imdm, his prayer will be inmid. becausein such • prayer there is a dd'ecl which is nOl: 10 ~ mended. since he ( I~ imdm)performs prayer whik M d ischatgc5 impure mall