He says: Shirk (associating partners with Allah) in its various forms is common among us, as is reciting the Burdah in the mosques. What is the ruling on praying behind these people?

Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner from outside this country says: Shirk (associating partners with Allah) in its various forms, along with bid'ah (religious innovations) and reciting the Burdah in the mosques, is common among us, and it is taught to students of knowledge. When you speak to them, they interpret the apparent meaning of the words, despite the difference among them in their adherence to shirk and their open declaration of it. His question is: What is the ruling on praying behind these people? It is known that there are no mosques for the people of the Sunnah in this place.

Answer:
Do not pray with them. Do not pray behind a mushrik (one who associates partners with Allah) who worships the awliya (close friends of Allah) and the righteous, and who worships the Messenger. Do not pray; the prayer is invalid. Pray alone, even if you pray alone in your house or in another place. If you have any of your brothers or people around you, you can have a prayer area and pray in it.