['Aalim Network QR] Praying with non-Shi`aah

[sukaina panju <sukaina.panju@utoronto.ca>]

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 Dear Brothers and sisters in islam,
 
 Thanks to Shaikh Kassamali for answering the following question. 
 
 Salaams and doas,
 
 Zahir Panju
 moderator abdg-a
 
 
   In His name, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
  
   Question 1:
 
   Is it permissible to make du'a or zikir together with or
   enjoin with some people who associate Imam Ali (A.S) with Allah (gelle
   gelleluhu).
  
  Answer:
 
  By making du`a or dhkir if you mean that you read and do what they do
  then it in not permissible. On the other hand if it is meant that you do
  your OWN du`a and read your own dhikr but in the same place where these
  people are having their du`a, then it is okay. However, if your
  participation in this gathering is taken as subscribing to their creed or
  lending support to their actions then it is preferable to avoid it. The late
  Ayatullah Sayyid `Abdul Husayn Dastghayb in his book "Adh-dhunoob
  al-Kabeerah"  writes: sitting in a gathering where haram is being done (e.g.
  where a Muslim is being backbited) is haram.  
  
 
  Question 2:
 
  My respected brother is it permissible to engage in or pray behind a
  brother who believes in (A.Y) abu bekir, umar, othman. Can I make intention
  for the imam leading the prayer (if he is one who believes in them).
  
  Answer:
  
  Yes it is permissible to pray with them but not with the intention of
  Jama'ah. You will read all the dhikr of salat including the two surahs in
  the first two raka'at. Our Mujtahids (jurists) are of the opinion that for
  us one of the necessary condition for the Imam of Jama`at (leader of a
  congregational prayer) is that he should be a Shi`ah Ithna-`Asheri. (See
  al-`Urwatul Wuthqaa, vol. 1, Qum 1412, p.628 and Islamic Laws by Sayyyid
  Seestani, p. 270). 
  
  God knows the best.
  
  Hasnain Kassamali
  Humble servant of the Ahlul Bayt (a).