What are the conditions for leading the five daily prayers according to the Maliki school?
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The Maliki school stipulates that the Imam must be male, a responsible adult, capable of performing the pillars (of prayer), knowledgeable of the rulings of prayer, Muslim, not currently or originally a follower (ma'mum), not a transgressor (fasiq) in a way that relates to prayer, not intentionally in a state of ritual impurity (muhdith), not an innovator (mubtadi') with an apostatizing innovation, not reciting with a reading that contradicts the Uthmani Mushaf, and not intentionally making grammatical errors (lahn) in his recitation.
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