A mosque imam who claims that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) knows the unseen; is it permissible to pray behind him?
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The questioner : A mosque imam who claims that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) knows the unseen; is it permissible to pray behind him?
The Shaykh : If he is reminded of the explicit Qur'anic texts stating that the Messenger (peace be upon him) does not know the unseen, as in His saying (Glorified and Exalted is He):[Al-A'raf 7:188], and of the hadiths that also confirm this meaning, such as the hadith in Sahih al-Bukhari where the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) passed by a young girl who was singing and saying, "We have a prophet who knows what is in tomorrow." He said (peace and blessings be upon him): ; meaning it is permissible speech. If he is informed of this and then persists in his misguidance, then at that point it is not permissible to pray behind him.
Yes.
The Shaykh : If he is reminded of the explicit Qur'anic texts stating that the Messenger (peace be upon him) does not know the unseen, as in His saying (Glorified and Exalted is He):
And if I knew the unseen, I could have acquired much wealth, and no harm would have touched me.
وَلَوْ كُنْتُ أَعْلَمُ الْغَيْبَ لَاسْتَكْثَرْتُ مِنَ الْخَيْرِ وَمَا مَسَّنِيَ السُّوءُLeave that alone; no one knows the unseen except Allah, and say what you used to say.
دعي هذا ، لا يعلم الغيب إلا الله ، وقولي مثل ما كنت تقولينYes.
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