Is it permissible to pray behind an innovator?
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Question:
He says: What is your view on praying behind one who denies seeing Allah on the Day of Resurrection, and who says that the Qur'an is created?
Answer:
One does not pray behind him; this is one behind whom one does not pray. These are great misguidances: denying the seeing of Allah, which the mass-transmitted evidence proves to be established, and saying that the Qur'an is created. This is disbelief, may Allah protect us from it, because the Qur'an is the speech of Allah, revealed, and not created. Where did he get evidence that it is created? Where is his proof for this? Nothing but lying and fabrication. The Qur'an is the speech of Allah; Allah spoke it, and Jibril brought it down to Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), and Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) conveyed it to his Ummah. Therefore, the prayer behind one who holds this statement is not valid.
He says: What is your view on praying behind one who denies seeing Allah on the Day of Resurrection, and who says that the Qur'an is created?
Answer:
One does not pray behind him; this is one behind whom one does not pray. These are great misguidances: denying the seeing of Allah, which the mass-transmitted evidence proves to be established, and saying that the Qur'an is created. This is disbelief, may Allah protect us from it, because the Qur'an is the speech of Allah, revealed, and not created. Where did he get evidence that it is created? Where is his proof for this? Nothing but lying and fabrication. The Qur'an is the speech of Allah; Allah spoke it, and Jibril brought it down to Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), and Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) conveyed it to his Ummah. Therefore, the prayer behind one who holds this statement is not valid.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل تجوز الصلاة خلف المبتدع؟ #فتاوى الفوزان — youtube.com
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