Topic: salat behind wahhabi imam

[Samer]

Dear Sadaat

What do you mean to ask him if he sunni or not?

Here in our country there is Sunni and chiite.

I don't pray in Chiite places.
I always go to Sunnit masajid.
So I think that you understand this term in a different way.
So my question to you is what do you mean by Sunni???

Because when you ask the imam if he is sunni, he would answer affirmatively because as I said before Whahhabis consider themselves as Sunni people. So if I am going to ask him he would say yes and would consider my question to him very odd because I am in a sunni masjid and I am asking the Imam if he is or not...

So What exactly do you mean by Sunni???

[silkworm]

OK, I am now confused, if all four imams of Islamic Jurisprudece belong to the same religion (with minor interpretation differences) why do we have to take such stronger and strict stance on issues like praying behind Wahabi Imam in not allowed. What I believe that Imam Hanafi, Iman Hambali, Imam Shafaiy and Imam Maliki are following the same religion of Islam.

What I have read that Imam Hanafi was from the School of Hazrat Ali k.w. so that not only negates the Shia belief, but also strenghten the fact that ALL 4 Imams should have agreed at one point. So what is this difference, the difference of interpretation or difference of understanding???

[huseyin]

imam must be Sunni and pious.

[princess123]

The four imams and madhabs are all recognised and while we may belong to a particular one, we still respect the other imams and schools. They differ on certain issues and main differences are fairly small.
This issue about following a wahabbie imam is completely different to the four schools. Wahabbies are a deviant sect and are not part of ahlus sunnah. Please look at the board for deviant sects and here you will find many topics and posts on wahabbies and their false beliefs.

I hope that was helpful for you  :-)

[huseyin]

we should perform salat behind sunni and pious imams

[ottoman]

imam must be Sunni and pious.

that's true point :-)

[ottoman]

according to sunni savants ;to perform salat behind wahhabi imam is not permissible.imam's belief is important.we should not perform salat behind lamadhabis

true