What is the ruling on praying behind an imam who constantly recites the qunut in the Fajr prayer?
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: The imam in our mosque always recites the qunut in the Fajr prayer. Should we follow him in that?
The Shaykh:
What is he saying?
The questioner:
He says: The imam in our mosque always recites the qunut in the Fajr prayer.
The Shaykh:
Meaning, he recites the qunut.
The questioner:
Yes.
The Shaykh:
This is a matter for the department of mosque affairs to handle; they should remove him and appoint someone else. Nothing happens in the country that the people of the country do not act upon. As for the qunut in Fajr, some scholars consider it a bid'ah (religious innovation), except in times of calamity. Unless he is following a madhhab (school of jurisprudence) different from that of the people of the country. If he is following a legal school different from that of the people of the country, he is not fit to be an imam, because he causes confusion among the people. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: The imam in our mosque always recites the qunut in the Fajr prayer. Should we follow him in that?
The Shaykh:
What is he saying?
The questioner:
He says: The imam in our mosque always recites the qunut in the Fajr prayer.
The Shaykh:
Meaning, he recites the qunut.
The questioner:
Yes.
The Shaykh:
This is a matter for the department of mosque affairs to handle; they should remove him and appoint someone else. Nothing happens in the country that the people of the country do not act upon. As for the qunut in Fajr, some scholars consider it a bid'ah (religious innovation), except in times of calamity. Unless he is following a madhhab (school of jurisprudence) different from that of the people of the country. If he is following a legal school different from that of the people of the country, he is not fit to be an imam, because he causes confusion among the people. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم الصلاة خلف إمام يقنت دائمًا في صلاة الفجر؟ للشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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