Is it permissible to pray behind a man who shaves his beard?
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The questioner : Is the man who shaves his beard imitating women?
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : Is it permissible to pray behind him?
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Is it permissible to pray behind a man who shaves his beard?
The Shaykh : Is it permissible to pray behind him?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : If you say he is a disbeliever, and this is not permissible.
The questioner : No, he is not imitating.
The Shaykh : Listen, O Shaykh, may Allah guide you. If you say he is a disbeliever, and this is not permissible, then it is not permissible to pray behind him. But if you say he is a Muslim, and prayer behind every Muslim, whether righteous or sinful, is valid, then it is valid. Perhaps you understood me?
The questioner : Even if he denies the hadith, even the hadith:.
The Shaykh : Perhaps you understood me?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : What did you understand?
The questioner : I mean, if he is a disbeliever, I do not pray behind him, but he is contrary to me in appearance regarding me, but I do not know his inner state.
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner : In appearance, he is contrary to the hadith:.
The Shaykh : Yes, but does he become a disbeliever for that? You do not know?
The questioner : I mean, he prays behind him.
The Shaykh : He does not become a disbeliever. And peace be upon you, and peace be upon you.
The questioner : The hadith of the woman who cursed the camel, and he said:, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: . Anas said: ... one of them, and the man who used to dye his hair with henna to imitate women, so the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered that he be taken out to al-Baqi', meaning he was not to be a neighbor or sit with ... the prayer, meaning ...
The Shaykh : Did you not hear that among the beliefs of the Muslims is praying behind every righteous and sinful person?
The questioner : The hadith, Ibn Hajar said about it, O Shaykh: "It has no basis."
The Shaykh : I am asking you, may Allah guide you, I did not mention a hadith.
The questioner : Yes, yes.
The Shaykh : I said, has it not reached you that among the beliefs of the Muslims, which the later generations inherited from the earlier generations, is praying behind every righteous and sinful person, and praying over every righteous and sinful person? Has this reached you or not?
The questioner : No, it has not reached me.
The Shaykh : Then it has reached you. Listen for a moment.
Yes.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : Is it permissible to pray behind him?
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Is it permissible to pray behind a man who shaves his beard?
The Shaykh : Is it permissible to pray behind him?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : If you say he is a disbeliever, and this is not permissible.
The questioner : No, he is not imitating.
The Shaykh : Listen, O Shaykh, may Allah guide you. If you say he is a disbeliever, and this is not permissible, then it is not permissible to pray behind him. But if you say he is a Muslim, and prayer behind every Muslim, whether righteous or sinful, is valid, then it is valid. Perhaps you understood me?
The questioner : Even if he denies the hadith, even the hadith:
May Allah curse those who imitate
لَعَنَ اللهُ المتشبِّهينThe Shaykh : Perhaps you understood me?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : What did you understand?
The questioner : I mean, if he is a disbeliever, I do not pray behind him, but he is contrary to me in appearance regarding me, but I do not know his inner state.
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner : In appearance, he is contrary to the hadith:
May Allah curse those who imitate
لَعَنَ اللهُ المتشبِّهينThe Shaykh : Yes, but does he become a disbeliever for that? You do not know?
The questioner : I mean, he prays behind him.
The Shaykh : He does not become a disbeliever. And peace be upon you, and peace be upon you.
The questioner : The hadith of the woman who cursed the camel, and he said:
Leave her, for she is cursed
دعوها فإنَّها ملعونةLeave her, for she is cursed
دعوها فإنَّها ملعونةThe Shaykh : Did you not hear that among the beliefs of the Muslims is praying behind every righteous and sinful person?
The questioner : The hadith, Ibn Hajar said about it, O Shaykh: "It has no basis."
The Shaykh : I am asking you, may Allah guide you, I did not mention a hadith.
The questioner : Yes, yes.
The Shaykh : I said, has it not reached you that among the beliefs of the Muslims, which the later generations inherited from the earlier generations, is praying behind every righteous and sinful person, and praying over every righteous and sinful person? Has this reached you or not?
The questioner : No, it has not reached me.
The Shaykh : Then it has reached you. Listen for a moment.
Yes.
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