Praying behind a grave-worshipping imam when there is no other mosque
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The questioner:
This questioner says: May Allah reward you. If the imam is a grave-worshipper, and there is no other mosque in our city, is it permissible for me to leave the Friday prayer?
The Shaykh:
Does it?
The questioner:
Is it permissible for me to leave the Friday prayer?
The Shaykh:
If he calls upon the dead, seeks their aid, slaughters animals for them, and makes vows to them, he is a disbeliever who associates partners with Allah. Prayer behind him is invalid, whether it is the Friday prayer or the congregational prayer. If there is no one else, you pray the midday prayer and do not pray behind him, because his prayer is invalid. Yes.
This questioner says: May Allah reward you. If the imam is a grave-worshipper, and there is no other mosque in our city, is it permissible for me to leave the Friday prayer?
The Shaykh:
Does it?
The questioner:
Is it permissible for me to leave the Friday prayer?
The Shaykh:
If he calls upon the dead, seeks their aid, slaughters animals for them, and makes vows to them, he is a disbeliever who associates partners with Allah. Prayer behind him is invalid, whether it is the Friday prayer or the congregational prayer. If there is no one else, you pray the midday prayer and do not pray behind him, because his prayer is invalid. Yes.
Source
المنتقى من أخبار سيد المرسلين 04-02-1435هـ — alfawzan.live (49:16)
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