The ruling on praying behind an imam who recites the Tijaniyyah Fatiha prayer
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The questioner:
What is the ruling on praying behind an imam who recites the Tijaniyyah Fatiha prayer after every prayer, and who affirms that shirk (associating partners with Allah) no longer exists in this time?
The Shaykh:
What? What?
The questioner:
What is the ruling on praying behind an imam who recites the Tijaniyyah Fatiha prayer after every prayer, and who affirms that shirk (associating partners with Allah) no longer exists in this time?
The Shaykh:
And is worshipping at graves and shrines not shirk? If he holds that this is not shirk, then the matter is great and dangerous, and I seek refuge in Allah. One does not pray behind him. This Fatiha prayer is an innovation (bid'ah); it has no basis in the Book or the Sunnah, so it is an innovation. But greater than this is if he says there is no shirk in this time, even though the Tijaniyyah, the grave-worshippers, and the shrines exist. Shirk is abundant now, very abundant, except for whom Allah has mercy. If he does not see this as shirk, the matter is dangerous.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
What is the ruling on praying behind an imam who recites the Tijaniyyah Fatiha prayer after every prayer, and who affirms that shirk (associating partners with Allah) no longer exists in this time?
The Shaykh:
What? What?
The questioner:
What is the ruling on praying behind an imam who recites the Tijaniyyah Fatiha prayer after every prayer, and who affirms that shirk (associating partners with Allah) no longer exists in this time?
The Shaykh:
And is worshipping at graves and shrines not shirk? If he holds that this is not shirk, then the matter is great and dangerous, and I seek refuge in Allah. One does not pray behind him. This Fatiha prayer is an innovation (bid'ah); it has no basis in the Book or the Sunnah, so it is an innovation. But greater than this is if he says there is no shirk in this time, even though the Tijaniyyah, the grave-worshippers, and the shrines exist. Shirk is abundant now, very abundant, except for whom Allah has mercy. If he does not see this as shirk, the matter is dangerous.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Source
بلوغ المرام 14-07-1435هـ — alfawzan.live (53:34)
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