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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Should I leave the congregational prayer because the mosque imam calls upon other than Allah!

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Question:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner says: I am a man from India who follows the methodology of the people of the Sunnah and the community. When I travel to my country, I do not attend the congregational prayer in the mosque because the mosque imam calls upon other than Allah and seeks aid from the dead. I pray in congregation with my family and children at home. Is there anything required of me in that?

Answer:
This is what is obligatory for you: you do not pray behind a mushrik (one who associates partners with Allah) who calls upon other than Allah, because his prayer is invalid. If it is not possible to replace this imam with an imam from among the people of tawhid (the oneness of Allah), then you and those around you from among the people of tawhid should separate from him, and you should have a mosque or prayer place for yourselves. If you do not have anyone from among the people of tawhid among your neighbors, then you, your family, and your children pray. Yes. Until Allah relieves the situation and Allah the Exalted and Majestic facilitates an imam from among the people of tawhid. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [613- 4717] هل أترك صلاة الجماعة لأن إمام المسجد يدعو غير الله! - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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