What are the qualifications and jurisprudential books that must be studied to become an Imam for congregational prayers, in addition to memorizing and understanding the Qur'an?
One must beware of the desire for fame and prominence without qualifications, while being keen on the sincerity of intention for the sake of Allah, and that the desire for prominence stems from the will to benefit Muslims. To be an Imam, one must know the jurisprudence of prayer, and learn its pillars, duties, sunnahs, nullifiers, the rulings on the prostration of forgetfulness ( as-sahw), and what is legislated for the Imam in congregational prayer. This is aided by systematic jurisprudential study of one of the concise texts of jurisprudence in the followed madhhabs, or reading easy books such as "The Simplified Jurisprudence" (Usul al-Fiqh al-Muyassar) and "The Jurisprudence of the " (Fiqh as-Sunnah).
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