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f:559 - Offering Salaat behind sinful Imam	Country : , Name : submittername

Question: Can we offer Salaat behind an Imam who openly commits sins? ............................................................................
Answer: If someone commits sins openly like cuts/trims the beard, drinks wine openly, then that person is a Fasiq (Lit. a transgressor). Salaat behind them is Strictly Undesirable (Makruh Tahrimi), reoffering which is Wajib (compulsory). If someone does not commit sins openly, then though that person will not called a Fasiq, but still one should try to offer Salaat in the lead of a pious Imam. The Imam should try to acquire piety and act upon the Sunnah of the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam). If the Imam is an A’alim, then this responsibility increases all the more. And Allah (Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala) knows best. Mufti Syed Ziauddin Naqshbandi Qadri, [Professor of Islamic Law, Jamia Nizamia, Founder/Director, Abul Hasanaat Islamic Research Center]