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Fatwa #22669 February 2001United Kingdom

Dear Mufti Saheb, if their are people behind the imam and do not know the iqamah, can the Imam say it instead?

Answer

The Imaam may say the Iqaamat.

and Allah Ta'ala Knows Best

Mufti Ebrahim Desai
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