Answered by: Shaykh Ahmed Bin Mohamed Umarji
Question:
If two people start jamaat but halfway through the follower leaves, does the imam carry on loudly or quietly as if they are reading their own namaaz?
Do they have the option to do qiraat quietly or loudly?
Or do they have to carry on reading loudly?
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Answer:
They will carry on reading aloud. If the imam made the intention of imamat, it is necessary for him to read aloud.1
Only Allah knows best
Written by Shaykh Ahmed Bin Mohamed Umarji
Checked and approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah
Darul Ifta Birmingham
1 Fatawa Darul Uloom Zakariyyah, Volume 2, Page 273, Zam Zam Publishers