Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Is It Permissible to Pray Behind a Shia Imam

“Is it permissible for Sunni brothers to offer Namaz behind a Shia Imam? What is your opinion on this?”Asked by Muhammad Furqan, Lucknow

He answers at 1:07:43 in On Atheism · 2 min 18 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:07:43
molana agla sawal lucknow se kiya hai muhammad furqan sahib ne aur unhon ne likha hai ke is it permissible to offer namaz by sunni brothers behind a shia imam? what is your opinion on this? yeh shia imam sunni imam yeh sab logon ne nikal rakha hai islam mein aisa kuch nahi hai. islam mein aisa kuch nahi hai. sunan abi daud mein riwayat hai ke salu khalfa kulli birr wa fajir yani siyah mein maan jati hai yeh kitab siyah sitta mein is ka tarjuma yeh hai ke parho namaz har insan ke peeche khwah woh bura ho ya acha ho. is ka matlab yeh hai ke tumhare nazdeek yak bra achha kyunke haqeeqat mein woh kya hai woh toh Allah janta hai.
1:08:31
haq haqeeqat mein koi shakhs kaisa hai yeh toh sirf Allah ko khabar hai. toh muqtadi ko kaha gaya hai namazi jo peeche peeche padh raha hai ke tumhare nazdeek woh jo imam samne khada hua hai woh tumhare nazdeek woh achha ya bura yeh tumhari apni soch hai. namaz padh jamaat ki ati hai organization ke liye toh imam jo hai woh
1:08:55
simbal organization hota hai. bas is ka aap is is mein khare ho jaiye na har dekhiye is se maloom hota hai ke har aadmi apni namaz parhta hai imam ki namaz nahi parhta. yeh yeh jo nikala gaya hai ke falan imam ke peechay namaz ja rahi hai yeh bilkul bilkul
1:09:15
baseless baat hai yeh islam ki baat nahi hai. khud dono jhagda jhagda nikalein yaad rakhiye namaz bajamat hai organization ke liye yani a kathe namaz parhne ke liye. to jab aap ekhathe namaz parhne parhna chahenge to ek shakhs ko imam banayenge. woh imam jo hoga woh woh sirf organization ke liye hoga aap ki namaz parhne ke liye nahi hoga. woh namaz to aap ne khud parhein ge to organization ke liye aap ne kisi ko imam maan liya magar namaz to aap nahi parh rahe. is liye yeh bilkul baseless sawal yeh sawal hi baseless hai h r ek ke peechay namaz parhiye har ek ke peechay.
1:10:01
maulana agla sawal kya hai mister ajay dravri ne dilli se unho ne likha hai ke maulana ai
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