What is the ruling on praying behind a Sufi?
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Question:
The questioner asks: What is the ruling on praying behind a Sufi who rubs against graves and slaughters animals for them?
Answer:
The prayer behind him is not valid because he is one who associates partners with Allah. The one who slaughters for graves—slaughters for graves—this is major shirk (associating partners with Allah), because slaughtering is an act of worship.[Al-An'am 6:162] The ritual sacrifice is slaughtering. It is not permissible to slaughter for other than Allah. Whoever slaughters for other than Allah is one who associates partners with Allah, committing major shirk, and the prayer behind him is not valid.
The questioner asks: What is the ruling on praying behind a Sufi who rubs against graves and slaughters animals for them?
Answer:
The prayer behind him is not valid because he is one who associates partners with Allah. The one who slaughters for graves—slaughters for graves—this is major shirk (associating partners with Allah), because slaughtering is an act of worship.
Say, "Indeed, my prayer, my rites of sacrifice
قُلْ إِنَّ صَلَاتِي وَنُسُكِي
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم الصلاة خلف صوفي؟ للشيخ الفوزان — youtube.com
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