The ruling on praying behind a Sufi father who is among the extremists of the Sufis
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: My father is a Sufi from among the extremists of the Sufis, and sometimes I am forced to pray with him at home. So, do I pray with him and then repeat my prayer, or is it not permissible for him to be the imam at all?
Answer:
We do not know what type of Sufism he has. Sufism varies; some of it is more severe than other. We do not know what type of Sufism is with him. It may be a mild Sufism that does not take him out of the Sunnah and moderation; it may be an error that does not take him out. We do not know. The important thing is that we do not know about the type of Sufism he has.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: My father is a Sufi from among the extremists of the Sufis, and sometimes I am forced to pray with him at home. So, do I pray with him and then repeat my prayer, or is it not permissible for him to be the imam at all?
Answer:
We do not know what type of Sufism he has. Sufism varies; some of it is more severe than other. We do not know what type of Sufism is with him. It may be a mild Sufism that does not take him out of the Sunnah and moderation; it may be an error that does not take him out. We do not know. The important thing is that we do not know about the type of Sufism he has.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل ومن حيله ومكايده : الكلام الباطل والآراء المتهافتة والخيالات — islamhouse.com (51:21)
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