What is your opinion regarding Sufyan al-Thawri’s distinction between praying behind innovators in Jumu'ah and the festivals versus the other prayers, where he holds that one prays behind them in Jumu'ah and the festivals, but in the other prayers one does not pray except behind a follower of the Sunnah?
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The questioner : What is your opinion regarding Sufyan al-Thawri’s distinction between praying behind innovators in Jumu'ah and the festivals versus the other prayers, where he holds that one prays behind them in Jumu'ah and the festivals, but in the other prayers one does not pray except behind a follower of the Sunnah?
The Shaykh : First, this is a fatwa based on independent legal reasoning and opinion, and second, it is a time-bound fatwa, not an eternal one, do you understand?
The Shaykh : First, this is a fatwa based on independent legal reasoning and opinion, and second, it is a time-bound fatwa, not an eternal one, do you understand?
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