Is it permissible to pray behind an innovator imam?
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The questioner : Yes, it is clear.
The Shaykh : Peace be upon you, welcome...
The questioner : ... it will not end...
The Shaykh : I am asking you what you mean by fighting him?
The questioner : What should I do with him?
The questioner : ... in the mosque where he leads the prayer.
The Shaykh : My dear, I understood the question, but in the end, he is asking whether it is permissible to fight him, or whether he is asking whether it is obligatory to fight him.
The questioner : By "fighting him," I do not mean killing him.
The Shaykh : Therefore, I do not understand this meaning, so I want to understand what you mean by the word "fighting."
The questioner : A man who has not stopped, and we forbid him, and we go with him to the house...
The Shaykh : He is still trying to repeat the question, my dear. I understood the whole question, but what do you mean by the word "fighting"?
The questioner : I mean staying away from praying in the mosque where he is, or praying with him, or separating some of the brothers from the mosque where he is.
The Shaykh : You have a mosque with an imam who prays according to the Sunnah. It is self-evident that you turn away from that one and come...
The questioner : In our industrial area in Abu Alunda, we have a man who is engaged in innovations... What do we do?
The Shaykh : May Allah reward you. Do you have a second imam? Do you have a second imam in a second place to go to? That does not mean you are fighting the man. You continue to advise him and remind him. If he responds, that is good and excellent. If he does not respond, leave him and pray with those who are upon the Sunnah. Is that clear?
The questioner : Yes, may Allah reward you with good.
The questioner : Regarding kissing the private parts of a woman.
The Shaykh : Kissing?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : This is the act of dogs and animals.
The questioner : You are in a state of ritual impurity when you pray, you pray...
The Shaykh : In the second case, Professor, in the second case where you do not pray.
The questioner : And there is nothing in it.
The Shaykh : "Nothing" means you are speaking correctly.
The questioner : You are speaking correctly and everything is fine.
The Shaykh : But she does not pray.
The questioner : You do not pray and there is nothing, now you pray and you have gone to the House of Allah, and it comes to her as if...
The Shaykh : How old is she?
The questioner : She is about fifty years old.
The questioner : And she gets up at night and starts to cry and asks Allah to give her humility and faith, crying daily until she goes mad.
The Shaykh : I do not know, by Allah. We ask Allah for her well-being. I have no answer for this.
The Shaykh : Peace be upon you, welcome...
The questioner : ... it will not end...
The Shaykh : I am asking you what you mean by fighting him?
The questioner : What should I do with him?
The questioner : ... in the mosque where he leads the prayer.
The Shaykh : My dear, I understood the question, but in the end, he is asking whether it is permissible to fight him, or whether he is asking whether it is obligatory to fight him.
The questioner : By "fighting him," I do not mean killing him.
The Shaykh : Therefore, I do not understand this meaning, so I want to understand what you mean by the word "fighting."
The questioner : A man who has not stopped, and we forbid him, and we go with him to the house...
The Shaykh : He is still trying to repeat the question, my dear. I understood the whole question, but what do you mean by the word "fighting"?
The questioner : I mean staying away from praying in the mosque where he is, or praying with him, or separating some of the brothers from the mosque where he is.
The Shaykh : You have a mosque with an imam who prays according to the Sunnah. It is self-evident that you turn away from that one and come...
The questioner : In our industrial area in Abu Alunda, we have a man who is engaged in innovations... What do we do?
The Shaykh : May Allah reward you. Do you have a second imam? Do you have a second imam in a second place to go to? That does not mean you are fighting the man. You continue to advise him and remind him. If he responds, that is good and excellent. If he does not respond, leave him and pray with those who are upon the Sunnah. Is that clear?
The questioner : Yes, may Allah reward you with good.
The questioner : Regarding kissing the private parts of a woman.
The Shaykh : Kissing?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : This is the act of dogs and animals.
The questioner : You are in a state of ritual impurity when you pray, you pray...
The Shaykh : In the second case, Professor, in the second case where you do not pray.
The questioner : And there is nothing in it.
The Shaykh : "Nothing" means you are speaking correctly.
The questioner : You are speaking correctly and everything is fine.
The Shaykh : But she does not pray.
The questioner : You do not pray and there is nothing, now you pray and you have gone to the House of Allah, and it comes to her as if...
The Shaykh : How old is she?
The questioner : She is about fifty years old.
The questioner : And she gets up at night and starts to cry and asks Allah to give her humility and faith, crying daily until she goes mad.
The Shaykh : I do not know, by Allah. We ask Allah for her well-being. I have no answer for this.
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