Leaving the Friday prayer behind the imam and praying the midday prayer afterward
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A group of people disliked the Friday preacher, so they attended with him in the front row and listened to his sermon. However, when the imam stood up for the Friday prayer, they did not pray with him. Instead, when he finished, they called for the prayer and prayed the midday prayer. He asks: What is the ruling on their action?
Answer:
We ask Allah for well-being. This is misguidance, and may Allah protect us from it. This is misguidance. If this imam has shirk (associating partners with Allah) or apostasy, they do not attend his sermon or his prayer. But if he does not have shirk, and he has sins that do not reach the level of shirk or disbelief, they pray with him. They pray with him and do not abandon the congregation. It is forbidden for two congregations to be established in one mosque. Yes, this is dividing the Muslims. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A group of people disliked the Friday preacher, so they attended with him in the front row and listened to his sermon. However, when the imam stood up for the Friday prayer, they did not pray with him. Instead, when he finished, they called for the prayer and prayed the midday prayer. He asks: What is the ruling on their action?
Answer:
We ask Allah for well-being. This is misguidance, and may Allah protect us from it. This is misguidance. If this imam has shirk (associating partners with Allah) or apostasy, they do not attend his sermon or his prayer. But if he does not have shirk, and he has sins that do not reach the level of shirk or disbelief, they pray with him. They pray with him and do not abandon the congregation. It is forbidden for two congregations to be established in one mosque. Yes, this is dividing the Muslims. Yes.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، بداية من قول المُصَنِّف : الوجه الثاني : أن الله - سبحانه وتعالى - خلق الخلق لعبادته — islamhouse.com (1:02:23)
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