Is it permissible to pray behind an imam whose creed is defective, where he believes that the souls of the awliya (close friends of Allah) and the righteous are present in this world to save people from their problems?
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The questioner : Is it permissible to pray behind an imam whose creed is defective, where he believes that the souls of the awliya (close friends of Allah) and the righteous are present in this world?
The Shaykh : What do you mean?
The questioner : That the souls of the righteous are present in this world to save people from their problems; is it permissible to pray behind this imam?
The Shaykh : It is not permissible to pray behind this imam, because this belief of his is invalid, and it may lead him to shirk (associating partners with Allah).
It is obligatory to boycott the mosques where imams lead the prayer who are innovators, whose innovation takes them out of Islam. It is obligatory for the authorities responsible for the mosques to remove these people from the position of imam and keep them away from it, because although these people lead people in prayer, they misguide them in religion. We ask Allah for guidance for everyone. Yes.
The Shaykh : What do you mean?
The questioner : That the souls of the righteous are present in this world to save people from their problems; is it permissible to pray behind this imam?
The Shaykh : It is not permissible to pray behind this imam, because this belief of his is invalid, and it may lead him to shirk (associating partners with Allah).
It is obligatory to boycott the mosques where imams lead the prayer who are innovators, whose innovation takes them out of Islam. It is obligatory for the authorities responsible for the mosques to remove these people from the position of imam and keep them away from it, because although these people lead people in prayer, they misguide them in religion. We ask Allah for guidance for everyone. Yes.