Before comparing ordinary candidates by personal qualities, the source first recognizes prior rights such as:
• the owner/master of the place in his own setting;
• the appointed regular Imam of the mosque;
• the person possessing the relevant governing authority.
Only when none of these prior claims controls the situation does the text move to its nine-step priority list.
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Imamah: Six Validity Conditions and the Full Priority Order
Before comparing ordinary candidates by personal qualities, the source first recognizes prior rights such as:
• the owner/master of the place in his own setting;
• the appointed regular Imam of the mosque;
• the person possessing the relevant governing authority.
Only when none of these prior claims controls the situation does the text move to its nine-step priority list.