Praying Behind an Imam Who Does Not Hold That Eating Camel Meat Breaks the Ablution
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: We are a group of young men, and we ate camel meat. The imam stood up to lead us in prayer without performing wudu' (ablution) because he believes that camel meat does not break the wudu'. Is it permissible for us to pray behind him, given that our belief is to the contrary?
Answer:
If he is a regular imam, and he follows a school of thought that holds that camel meat does not break the wudu'—which is a strong position held by some of the imams—then pray behind him. But if he is not a regular imam, appoint someone else. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: We are a group of young men, and we ate camel meat. The imam stood up to lead us in prayer without performing wudu' (ablution) because he believes that camel meat does not break the wudu'. Is it permissible for us to pray behind him, given that our belief is to the contrary?
Answer:
If he is a regular imam, and he follows a school of thought that holds that camel meat does not break the wudu'—which is a strong position held by some of the imams—then pray behind him. But if he is not a regular imam, appoint someone else. Yes.
Source
المنتقى من أخبار سيد المرسلين 18-02-1435هـ — alfawzan.live (50:23)
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