Prayer: Qualifications of the Hired Person
Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Ayatullah Sistani
Ruling 1514
A person who is hired to perform the qaḍāʾ prayers of a deceased person must either be a mujtahid,[1] or he must perform prayers according to the fatwa of someone whom it is valid to follow [i.e. do taqlīd of],[2] or he must act on precaution if he knows fully the situations in which one can exercise precaution.
-Ayatullah Sistani, Practical Laws of Islam, Prayer (Salah)
1
A mujtahid is a person who has attained the level of ijtihād, qualifying him to be an authority in Islamic law. Ijtihād is the process of deriving Islamic laws from authentic sources.
2
The laws of taqlīd are mentioned in the first chapter of the present work.