Is it permissible to leave a mosque for another to pray if a person who is not proficient in recitation or jurisprudence attempts to lead the prayer, despite the warning of the congregation's imam?
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If the Imam does not recite Al-Fatihah well, to the extent that he makes a clear grammatical error (lahn jali) that changes the meaning, then prayer behind him is not valid, and it is permissible to leave the mosque to pray in another mosque. However, if he does not make grammatical errors in Al-Fatihah but rather neglects the recommended rules of Tajwid, it is not permissible to leave the mosque after the .
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