There is a distant mosque for the people of the Sunnah and a nearby mosque for a Sufi who travels to graves; should we pray with him?
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner says: We have a mosque for the people of the Sunnah and tawhid (the oneness of Allah), where the people of the Sunnah give lectures, and it is about twenty minutes’ walk from us. In these days, a Sufi man has established gatherings and bid'ah (religious innovation) supplications, and travels to distant places to visit graves. He has held a Jumu'ah (Friday prayer) in his mosque, which is near us, and invited people to pray with him. Should Muslims pray in his nearby mosque, or should they continue praying in the distant mosque?
Answer:
No, as long as he is an innovator and he travels to visit graves, he is an innovator. Do not pray with him, even if his mosque is near you. Go to the mosque of the people of the Sunnah.
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner says: We have a mosque for the people of the Sunnah and tawhid (the oneness of Allah), where the people of the Sunnah give lectures, and it is about twenty minutes’ walk from us. In these days, a Sufi man has established gatherings and bid'ah (religious innovation) supplications, and travels to distant places to visit graves. He has held a Jumu'ah (Friday prayer) in his mosque, which is near us, and invited people to pray with him. Should Muslims pray in his nearby mosque, or should they continue praying in the distant mosque?
Answer:
No, as long as he is an innovator and he travels to visit graves, he is an innovator. Do not pray with him, even if his mosque is near you. Go to the mosque of the people of the Sunnah.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [1707- 4717] يوجد مسجد بعيد لأهل السنة ومسجد قريب لرجل صوفي يشد الرحال إلى القبور فهل نصلي عنده ؟ — youtube.com
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