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Who is more entitled to lead the prayer (Imamah) among a married man who has memorized the Qur’an but does not act upon it, a married man who has memorized parts of the Qur’an and is busy with his work, and a single man who has memorized parts of the Qur’an and acts upon them?

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If the memorizer of the Qur’an is not characterized by open sin, he is to be preferred over one who has memorized only parts of it. What was mentioned about his not adhering to working by the Qur’an requires examples to be given.

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