The Ruling on Praying Behind a Person of Unknown Status
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Question:
Our brother is also asking the Shaykh, may Allah protect him, and says: Is the prayer valid behind a person whose status is concealed in the society in which I live, or is it not?
Answer:
Yes, if his status is concealed and you do not know of any shirk (associating partners with Allah) on his part, and he is a Muslim who outwardly professes Islam, then the prayer behind him is valid, and praise be to Allah, until you learn of something that necessitates preventing that, such as the manifestation of disbelief or shirk.
As long as he remains concealed among the Muslims, and nothing appears from him that necessitates his apostasy, then you pray behind him, and praise be to Allah. Yes.
Our brother is also asking the Shaykh, may Allah protect him, and says: Is the prayer valid behind a person whose status is concealed in the society in which I live, or is it not?
Answer:
Yes, if his status is concealed and you do not know of any shirk (associating partners with Allah) on his part, and he is a Muslim who outwardly professes Islam, then the prayer behind him is valid, and praise be to Allah, until you learn of something that necessitates preventing that, such as the manifestation of disbelief or shirk.
As long as he remains concealed among the Muslims, and nothing appears from him that necessitates his apostasy, then you pray behind him, and praise be to Allah. Yes.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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