{"id":31803,"date":"2019-03-05T10:21:10","date_gmt":"2019-03-05T10:21:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.islam.com.kw\/praying-behind-an-imam-who-practices-witchcraft-allowed\/"},"modified":"2019-03-05T10:21:10","modified_gmt":"2019-03-05T10:21:10","slug":"praying-behind-an-imam-who-practices-witchcraft-allowed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.islam.com.kw\/praying-behind-an-imam-who-practices-witchcraft-allowed\/","title":{"rendered":"Praying Behind an Imam who Practices Witchcraft: Allowed?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #800080; font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Praying Behind an Imam Who Practices Witchcraft?<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">Almighty Allah says:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong> And they followed [instead] what the devils had recited during the reign of Solomon. It was not Solomon who disbelieved, but the devils disbelieved, teaching people magic and that which was revealed to the two angels at Babylon, Harut and Marut. But the two angels do not teach anyone unless they say, &#8220;We are a trial, so do not disbelieve [by practicing magic].<\/strong>&#8221; (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.learning-quran.com\/quran-translations\/en-translation\/recitation-surat-al-baqarah\/\">Al-Baqarah<\/a> 2:102)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">Sheikh Ibn Baz (may Allah have mercy on him) was asked: <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">Is it permissible to pray behind an Imam who is a charlatan and a liar, knowing that some of them recite Qur&#8217;an well?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">He replied:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">&#8220;If the Imam is a charlatan who claims to have knowledge of the unseen or who does false and evil things, then it is not permissible to appoint him as an Imam for prayer or to pray behind him. Allah says (interpretation of the meaning):<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">Say, &#8220;None in the heavens and earth knows the unseen except Allah, and they do not perceive when they will be resurrecte<\/span><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">d.<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>&#8220;<\/strong> (An-Naml 27:65)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">To know more about the ruling of offering <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prayerinislam.com\/guide-to-prayer\/\">prayer<\/a> behind one who practices <em>sihr<\/em> (witchcraft or magic), watch this interesting talk with Dr. Muhammad Salah.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Zgjp6K4rISA\" width=\"620\" height=\"390\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is the ruling of offering prayer behind an imam who practices magic or witchcraft? 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