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Is the Salah valid behind a Barelwi Imam?

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Is Namaz behimd a Barelwi Imam allowed? If not do we have to make up all the qadha’s?

I hav a question that i need calarifying. Can we pray namaz behind a barelvi imam who has strong beliefs regarding ilm e gayb/hazir nazir/noori bashr/mukhtar e qul and does other biddaats etc? 

What is the ruling for some one who has been praying majority of his namaz’s behind such a barelvi imam (not knowing namaz behind a imam with such beliefs is not permissible?) Will he have to repeat all his namaz’s again or are they accepted? Plz advise…Jzk

Answer

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.

Salāh is a fundamental part of Islām and forms the cornerstone of our basic practices as a Muslim. We should therefore exercise extreme precaution in our Salāh and behind whom we perform our Salāh.  

According to the explanation given in your query regarding the Imām in reference, it appears the Imām is an extreme Bid’atī (Gāli).[1] While it is Makrūh to perform Salāh behind any Bid’atī, it is even more reprehensible to perform Salāh behind a Bid’atī with extreme views, as there is fear some views may lead to Kufr.[2] We therefore advise you not to perform Salāh behind such an Imām.

And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best

AbdulMannan Nizami

Student Darul Iftaa
Chicago, IL, USA
 

Checked and Approved by,
Mufti Ebrahim Desai.

www.daruliftaa.net


[1]  [فتاوي محمودية، باب العقائد، ما يتعلق بالحاضر والناظر والنور والبشر، ج١، ص٥١٧، جامعة فاروقية]

[وفي تفسير الآلوسي] {قَدْ جاءَكُمْ مِنَ اللَّهِ نُورٌ} عظيم وهو نور الأنوار والنبي المختار صلّى الله عليه وسلّم، وإلى هذا ذهب قتادة، واختاره الزجاج، وقال أبو علي الجبائي: عنى بالنور القرآن لكشفه وإظهاره طرق الهدى واليقين [تفسير روح المعاني، سورة المائدة، آية ١٥، ج٣، ص٢٦٩، دار الكتب العلمية]

[وقد ذكر في المدارك] {قَدْ جَاءَكُمْ مِنَ اللَّهِ نُورٌ وَكِتَابٌ مُبِينٌ} يريد القرآن لكشفه ظلمات الشرك والشك، ولإبانته ما كان خافيا علي الناس من الحق، أو لإنه ظاهر الإعجاز، أو النور محمد عليه الصلوة والسلام، لأنه يهتدي به كما سمي سراجا [المدارك، سورة المائدة، ١٥، ج١، ص٣١٣، قديمي]

[2] A Barelwi who believes in Noor al-bashr[2] may be a Mubtadī (an innovator) whereas another Barelwi believing in the same belief might be a Kāfir. It is all due to the actual creed that is being negated.

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