Statement on the ruling of praying the five obligatory prayers on the last Friday of Ramadan
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The questioner:
There are many religious innovations (bid'ah) in Hadramaut, among them the prayer of the five obligatory units. The way it is performed is that it is prayed on the last Friday of Ramadan, in a specific place in Hadramaut, and one of the sayyids, or one of his descendants, leads them. They pray the Fajr prayer, then the Zuhr, then the 'Asr, then the Maghrib, then the 'Isha', all at one time. Do they have any evidence from the Sunnah for this? Please inform us, and we ask that you warn people against these sayyids who claim knowledge.
The Shaykh:
This is a religious innovation (bid'ah). And if they pray five prayers together at the end of Ramadan for the sake of completing obedience, or rather for what else? This is all from religious innovations and misguidance; there is no basis for it. Many of the sayyids have much ignorance and many religious innovations, and they lure people with their lineage to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), claiming to be sayyids, from the lineage of al-Hasan or al-Husayn. They lure people with this lineage, and this is false. It is not permissible for them to exploit their lineage for religious innovations, nonsense, sins, and evils. It is obligatory for the sayyids to follow the path of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and his Companions, and to ask about their status if they are truly sayyids. Their noble lineage and sayyid status are kept pure from religious innovations and superstitions. But, alas, they have defiled it with evil, defiled it with religious innovations and superstitions. To Allah we belong and to Him we return. We ask Allah for well-being.
Another questioner:
If, Shaykh.
The Shaykh:
One does not pray behind a polytheist, whether he is one of his ancestors or not, nor does one pray behind his ancestors.
Another questioner:
Complete it, O Khalid?
The Shaykh:
And if they pray in your state, the good people of the neighborhood, you pray with them, the neighbors, the good ones, until you meet them, and there is no god but Allah.
There are many religious innovations (bid'ah) in Hadramaut, among them the prayer of the five obligatory units. The way it is performed is that it is prayed on the last Friday of Ramadan, in a specific place in Hadramaut, and one of the sayyids, or one of his descendants, leads them. They pray the Fajr prayer, then the Zuhr, then the 'Asr, then the Maghrib, then the 'Isha', all at one time. Do they have any evidence from the Sunnah for this? Please inform us, and we ask that you warn people against these sayyids who claim knowledge.
The Shaykh:
This is a religious innovation (bid'ah). And if they pray five prayers together at the end of Ramadan for the sake of completing obedience, or rather for what else? This is all from religious innovations and misguidance; there is no basis for it. Many of the sayyids have much ignorance and many religious innovations, and they lure people with their lineage to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), claiming to be sayyids, from the lineage of al-Hasan or al-Husayn. They lure people with this lineage, and this is false. It is not permissible for them to exploit their lineage for religious innovations, nonsense, sins, and evils. It is obligatory for the sayyids to follow the path of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and his Companions, and to ask about their status if they are truly sayyids. Their noble lineage and sayyid status are kept pure from religious innovations and superstitions. But, alas, they have defiled it with evil, defiled it with religious innovations and superstitions. To Allah we belong and to Him we return. We ask Allah for well-being.
Another questioner:
If, Shaykh.
The Shaykh:
One does not pray behind a polytheist, whether he is one of his ancestors or not, nor does one pray behind his ancestors.
Another questioner:
Complete it, O Khalid?
The Shaykh:
And if they pray in your state, the good people of the neighborhood, you pray with them, the neighbors, the good ones, until you meet them, and there is no god but Allah.
Source
ندوات الجامع الكبير مع الأسئلة - 48 — archive.org (3:41)
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