The Friday prayer in the mosques of the people of innovation, such as the Sufis
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, he says: Is it permissible to pray the Friday prayer in the mosques of the people of innovation, such as the Sufis and others?
The Shaykh:
Is it permissible?
The questioner:
Is it permissible to pray the Friday prayer in the mosques of the people of innovation, such as the Sufis and others?
The Shaykh:
If they are practicing religious innovations (bid'ah), whether the imam is practicing them or the congregation is practicing them, do not pray with them. Look for a mosque that does not have Sufis. If you do not find a mosque except one that has Sufis, you pray the Friday prayer; you do not abandon it, while you dislike this practice and declare it wrong with your tongue if you are able, or with your heart at the least. Do not abandon the Friday prayer. However, whenever you find a mosque free from innovation, it is obligatory for you to go to it if you are able. Yes.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
It is obligatory for students of knowledge and for graduates not to remain silent, but rather they must call people to Allah with wisdom and good instruction, and argue in the best manner. They should not leave people to themselves. A condition of this is that they accept this message as a conveyance, and they should take them with gentleness, softness, and attraction to the truth. I do not think they all agree to reject advice; there will be among them someone who responds.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, he says: Is it permissible to pray the Friday prayer in the mosques of the people of innovation, such as the Sufis and others?
The Shaykh:
Is it permissible?
The questioner:
Is it permissible to pray the Friday prayer in the mosques of the people of innovation, such as the Sufis and others?
The Shaykh:
If they are practicing religious innovations (bid'ah), whether the imam is practicing them or the congregation is practicing them, do not pray with them. Look for a mosque that does not have Sufis. If you do not find a mosque except one that has Sufis, you pray the Friday prayer; you do not abandon it, while you dislike this practice and declare it wrong with your tongue if you are able, or with your heart at the least. Do not abandon the Friday prayer. However, whenever you find a mosque free from innovation, it is obligatory for you to go to it if you are able. Yes.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
It is obligatory for students of knowledge and for graduates not to remain silent, but rather they must call people to Allah with wisdom and good instruction, and argue in the best manner. They should not leave people to themselves. A condition of this is that they accept this message as a conveyance, and they should take them with gentleness, softness, and attraction to the truth. I do not think they all agree to reject advice; there will be among them someone who responds.
Source
المنتقى من أخبار سيد المرسلين 05-06-1435هـ — alfawzan.live (1:01:35)
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