Ruling
      on leading the people in prayer with one’s head uncovered
Question

                Is
      it permissible for the imaam to lead the people in prayer with his head
      uncovered?
Praise be to Allah.Yes,
      it is permissible to pray with one’s head uncovered, but it is better to
      cover it, because that is more decent. One should also cover one's
      shoulders, according to the madhhab of Imaam Ahmad, because the Prophet
      
(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “No one of you
      should pray in a single garment with nothing of it covering his
      shoulders.” (Narrated
      by al-Bukhaari, 1/498; Muslim, no. 516).