Should a revert from Shiasm do qadha of past prayers
| Fatwa #1038 | Category: Prayer (Salaat) | Country: Azerbaijan | Date: 13th December 2023 |
| Fatwa #1038 | Date: 13th December 2023 |
| Category: Prayer (Salaat) | |
| Country: Azerbaijan | |
Question
Assalamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh.
My brother, I want to know that if a Shia performed a Shia prayer for several years, but then switched to Ahlu Sunnah, should he make up the prayers that he performed when he was a Shia ?
Answer
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.
The dominant and most prevalent forms of shiasm contain multiple beliefs which directly oppose the Quran and Sunnah.
Some of the incorrect beliefs of shiasm are: (We seek refuge in Allah)
- The Quran is incomplete.
- The twelve shia imams possess all knowledge of the unseen.
- The twelve shia imams are superior to other prophets.
- Most of the sahabah became murtad apart from a select few.
A shia holding such beliefs will not be a Muslim. As such, if he is guided to the way of the Ahlus Sunnah wal Jamaa’ah, he would be analogous to a non-Muslim revert. He does not have to perform qadha of past prayers.
A shia holding beliefs that would only render him equal to an innovator should make tawbah from his past. He too does not need to make qadha of past salah.
And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best
Mufti Bilal Pandor
Concurred by
Mufti Muhammad IV Patel
Darul Iftaa Mahmudiyyah
Lusaka, Zambia