What is the ruling on praying behind one who declares Muslims to be disbelievers?
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Question:
May Allah reward you. The questioner asks: Is it permissible to pray behind one who declares Muslims to be disbelievers? And is it permissible to pray for the mercy of one of them who has died?
Answer:
One who declares Muslims to be disbelievers is not permissible to pray behind, because he is committing a major sin. This is open sinfulness, may Allah protect us from it. Declaring Muslims to be disbelievers is open sinfulness, and it is not permissible to take as an imam one whose school of thought or opinion is this, because he is an open sinner following the school of the Khawarij.
May Allah reward you. The questioner asks: Is it permissible to pray behind one who declares Muslims to be disbelievers? And is it permissible to pray for the mercy of one of them who has died?
Answer:
One who declares Muslims to be disbelievers is not permissible to pray behind, because he is committing a major sin. This is open sinfulness, may Allah protect us from it. Declaring Muslims to be disbelievers is open sinfulness, and it is not permissible to take as an imam one whose school of thought or opinion is this, because he is an open sinner following the school of the Khawarij.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [578 -954] ما حكم الصَّلاة خَلْف من يُكفِّر المسلمين؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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