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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Prayer Behind an Imam in the Country

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The questioner:
The questioner says: May Allah reward you. There is an imam in our country who is a Muratadi. Is it permissible to pray behind him?

The Shaykh:
What do you want?

The questioner:
What do you want? Is it permissible to pray behind him?

The Shaykh:
If he is proficient in prayer and does not commit shirk (associating partners with Allah) or bid'ah (religious innovation) in it, then pray behind him if no one else is available, and do not abandon the congregational prayer.

The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Source شرح كتاب فتح المجيد في شرح كتاب التوحيد [ صالح الفوزان ]، تابع شرح البسملة — islamhouse.com (1:18:06)

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

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