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The ruling on praying behind one who permits calling upon other than Allah

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Question:
What is the ruling on praying behind a person who permits calling upon other than Allah?

Answer:
It is not permissible to pray behind him. This is shirk (associating partners with Allah). The one who permits calling upon other than Allah is a mushrik (one who associates partners with Allah), because calling upon other than Allah is shirk.
so do not invoke with Allah anyone.فَلَا تَدْعُوا مَعَ اللَّهِ أَحَدًا
[Al-Jinn 72:18]
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And whoever invokes besides Allah another deity for which he has no proof - then his account is only with his Lord. Indeed, the disbelievers will not succeed.وَمَن يَدْعُ مَعَ اللَّهِ إِلَٰهًا آخَرَ لَا بُرْهَانَ لَهُ بِهِ فَإِنَّمَا حِسَابُهُ عِندَ رَبِّهِ إِنَّهُ لَا يُفْلِحُ الْكَافِرُونَ
[Al-Mu'minun 23:117]
. He is ruled to be a disbeliever. It is not permissible to pray behind him, whether he did it himself or permitted it. Yes.

The presenter:
May Allah reward you
Source نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/029 — archive.org (7:19)

The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.

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