Is following the imam in prayer required even in the qunut and the bowing, like the bowing of the camel in prostration?
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The Shaykh : I asked one of the Salafis: Why did you not follow the imam? He said: Because he does not deserve to be followed; because he made the qunut, for example, in the Fajr prayer, and the qunut is not from his school of jurisprudence; for the imams whom we must follow... So which are the imams whom we must follow? And is following required in every action of the prayer, even in the bowing, like the bowing of the camel in prostration, and others?
We have discussed this issue many and many times, so I will say now briefly: The imam is followed if he prays according to what he believes; if the imam prays according to what he believes to be correct and to be his school of jurisprudence by which he worships Allah; then in this case he is followed. As for the imam who accommodates the people and flatters them, he has no sanctity, and consequently he is not followed.
We have discussed this issue many and many times, so I will say now briefly: The imam is followed if he prays according to what he believes; if the imam prays according to what he believes to be correct and to be his school of jurisprudence by which he worships Allah; then in this case he is followed. As for the imam who accommodates the people and flatters them, he has no sanctity, and consequently he is not followed.
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