وَمَنْ جَعَلَ مِنْهُمْ وَجْهَهُ إِلَى وَجْهِ الْإِمَامِ: جَازَ وَيُكْرَهُ.
Translation: If a follower faces the imam face-to-face, the prayer is valid but disliked.
Jāza establishes validity, while yukrahu identifies dislike in this arrangement.
The ruling is neither invalidity nor unrestricted permissibility: validity and dislike are separate legal judgments that can coexist.
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Prayer in, Around, and on the Roof of the Kaaba
وَمَنْ جَعَلَ مِنْهُمْ وَجْهَهُ إِلَى وَجْهِ الْإِمَامِ: جَازَ وَيُكْرَهُ.
Translation: If a follower faces the imam face-to-face, the prayer is valid but disliked.
Jāza establishes validity, while yukrahu identifies dislike in this arrangement.
The ruling is neither invalidity nor unrestricted permissibility: validity and dislike are separate legal judgments that can coexist.