What is the ruling on praying behind one who says that the Qur'an is created?

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Question:
What is the ruling on praying behind one who says that the Qur'an is created?

Answer:
One does not pray behind him. The one who says that the Qur'an is created is not to be prayed behind, because he is a denier of Allah the Mighty and Majestic and of the Messenger of Allah. Allah the Exalted said that the Qur'an is a revelation,

The revelation of the Book is from Allah

تَنزِيلُ الْكِتَابِ مِنَ اللَّهِ

[Al-Jathiyah 45:2]

⁽¹⁹³⁾ The Trustworthy Spirit has brought it down ⁽¹⁹⁴⁾ Upon your heart, [O Muhammad] - that you may be of the warners -

نَزَلَ بِهِ الرُّوحُ الْأَمِينُ عَلَىٰ قَلْبِكَ لِتَكُونَ مِنَ الْمُنذِرِينَ

[Ash-Shu'ara 26:193-194]

, so it is a revelation from the Lord of the worlds and the speech of the Lord of the worlds. Even when it is said to hear the speech of Allah,

And if any one of the polytheists seeks your protection, then grant him protection so that he may hear the words of Allah

وَإِنْ أَحَدٌ مِّنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ اسْتَجَارَكَ فَأَجِرْهُ حَتَّىٰ يَسْمَعَ كَلَامَ اللَّهِ

[At-Tawbah 9:6]

, the speech of Allah, it does not say the creation of Allah, so one hears the speech of Allah,

They wish to change the words of Allah.

يُرِيدُونَ أَن يُبَدِّلُوا كَلَامَ اللَّهِ

[Al-Fath 48:15]

. He named it His speech, Blessed and Exalted is He, and did not make it a created thing. Rather, it is the speech of Allah the Exalted, with which He spoke and by which He sent down Jibril, and he conveyed it to Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), and Muhammad conveyed it to his Ummah. So it is the speech of Allah the Exalted, not a created thing. Therefore, the one who says that the Qur'an is created is not to be prayed behind.

Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم الصلاة خلف من يقول أن القرآن مخلوق؟ للشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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