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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The Innovation of Tarawih and the Prohibition of the Udhiyah by a Man in Sudan

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Question:
Regarding the tarawih prayer in Ramadan, the one being mentioned, Mahmoud Muhammad Taha, a man who appeared in Sudan in the name of religion, claims that this prayer which Muslims perform in congregation is one of the religious innovations (bid'ah). He also claims that slaughtering the udhiyah is forbidden, considering that the sheep is a Muslim just like the Muslim human being. I ask Your Eminence to be gracious and respond to these calls, and to clarify the matter for Muslims. We also ask your honor to be gracious and cooperate with the scholars of Sudan and the Islamic world, and the Sudanese authorities, to put a limit on this man's activity, especially since Allah the Exalted has honored Sudan by choosing the Islamic path finally.

Answer:
This man is a misguiding misguidance, this man is a misguiding misguidance, Abu Muhammad Taha is a misguiding misguidance, and a disbeliever (kafir) who is misguided. There is no doubt in his case. We wrote to the same president, we wrote to President al-Numeiri, from the Founding Council of the League, and the Islamic Council. We wrote that this man must be killed by the sword, or else he will be killed, but he did not do anything. However, it has reached us now that he is imprisoned, and perhaps he will not come out of his prison, if Allah wills. He is an oppressor and a great oppressor. If Allah had guided al-Numeiri, he would have killed him, but, if Allah wills, after al-Numeiri ruled by the Shari'ah, and after he displayed the implementation of the Shari'ah, we ask Allah for success for him, perhaps, if Allah wills, he will kill him if he has not already. He is an oppressor and a great oppressor. He says he acts according to what the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was upon in Makkah, and he does not recognize the laws that came in Madinah. He does not recognize the flogging of the fornicator, nor the cutting off of the thief's hand, nor the stoning of the fornicator, nor, nor, all the laws he strikes at them behind them. All the specific laws that came in Madinah he strikes at them, mostly.
So he is a misguiding misguidance. And from his ignorance, if he says the sheep is a Muslim, this is from his great ignorance, and from his great misguidance. The man slaughtered the sheep, (peace and blessings be upon him), the man slaughtered the sheep, and offered the udhiyah from the side of the eye, so does a sane person who understands what he says say this? He is lower than the foolish, and lower than the foolish.
Source ندوات الجامع الكبير مع الأسئلة - 41 — archive.org (13:16)

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