The ruling on praying behind an imam who commits acts of shirk (associating partners with Allah)
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The questioner:
Among the questions, one says: We have an imam who commits acts of shirk, and he also gathers people to go to the graves.
The Shaykh:
What do we have?
The questioner:
An imam, and he has lawful deeds, among which is that he gathers people to go to the grave of a righteous man, in his claim, and he also means to draw near to the graves, saying, "This is my practice; if I do not do this, the government will remove me from leading the mosque." So his question is: We have no mosque other than the one in which that imam leads. What should I and my fellow worshippers do?
The Shaykh:
You should advise him, so that perhaps he will repent and leave this thing. If he does not accept, do not pray behind him. Establish a prayer place for yourselves, gather, and pray in it, or build a mosque if you are able. Yes.
Among the questions, one says: We have an imam who commits acts of shirk, and he also gathers people to go to the graves.
The Shaykh:
What do we have?
The questioner:
An imam, and he has lawful deeds, among which is that he gathers people to go to the grave of a righteous man, in his claim, and he also means to draw near to the graves, saying, "This is my practice; if I do not do this, the government will remove me from leading the mosque." So his question is: We have no mosque other than the one in which that imam leads. What should I and my fellow worshippers do?
The Shaykh:
You should advise him, so that perhaps he will repent and leave this thing. If he does not accept, do not pray behind him. Establish a prayer place for yourselves, gather, and pray in it, or build a mosque if you are able. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، محاضرات في العقيدة والدعوة-069-ضوابط الأمر بالمعروف والنهي عن المنكر|صالح الفوزان|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:13:07)
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