Ershad
Junior Member
Ibn Hazm said in “Al-Muhallā”, Vol. 3/129, “From ‘Ubaydillāh Ibn ‘Adī Ibn Al- Khayyār, that he entered upon ‘Uthmān, may Allāh be pleased with him, while he was confined, then he said to him, ‘Verily, you are the general Imām, and that which we see has befallen you, and an Imām of Fitnah is leading us in prayer, and we are uncomfortable.’ So ‘Uthmān said to him, ‘Verily, the Salāt is the best of what people perform, so if the people do good, then do good with them, and if they do bad, then avoid their evil.’
And Ibn ‘Umar used to pray behind Al-Hajjāj and Najdah; One of the two was a Khārijī, and the second is the most evil of mankind.
And Ibn ‘Umar used to say, ‘The Salāt is a good deed, I do not care who shares with me in it.’
And from Ibn Jurayj, ‘I said to ‘Atā’, ‘Do you see an Imām who delays the Salāt, to the point that he prays it being negligent in it?’ He said, ‘I will pray with the Jamā’ah, (as) it is more beloved to me.’ I said, ‘Even if the sun has become yellow and joined with the heads of the mountains?’ He said, ‘Yes, as long as it has not disappeared.’ I said to ‘Atā’, ‘But if the Imām does not fulfill the Salāt, should I avoid the Jamā’ah with him?’ He said, ‘Rather pray with him, and fulfill what you are able to. The Jamā’ah is more beloved to me.’
And from ‘Abdur-Razzāq, from Sufyān Ath-Thawrī, from ‘Uqbah Ibn Abī Wā’il, that he used to pray the Jamā’ah with Al-Mukhtār Al-Kath’thāb.
And from Abī Al-Ash’ath, who said, ‘The Khawārij emerged over us, so I asked Yahyā Ibn Abī Kathīr, so I said, ‘O Abū Nasr, how do you see the Salāt behind those ones?’ He said, ‘The Qur’ān is your Imām. Pray with them as long as they pray it (i.e. pray with the Qur’ān).’”
And from Ibrāhīm An-Nakh’ī, ‘I said to ‘Alqamah, ‘Our Imām does not complete the Salāt?’ ‘Alqamah said, ‘But we complete it.’ Meaning we pray with him and complete it.
And from Al-Hasan, ‘The Mu’min is not harmed by his prayer behind a Munāfiq, and the Munāfiq is not benefited by his prayer behind a Mu’min.’
And from Qatādah, ‘I said to Sa’īd Ibn Al-Musayyib, ‘Do we pray behind Al- Hajjāj?’ He said, ‘Verily, we pray behind he who is more evil than him.’
‘Alī – in other words, Ibn Hazm – said, ‘We do not know anyone from the Sahābah, may Allāh be pleased with them, who refused to pray behind Al-Mukhtār, ‘Ubaydillāh Ibn Ziyād, and Al-Hajjāj, and there is no Fāsiq who has more Fisq than those ones. And all of this is the opinion of Abū Hanīfah, Ash- Shāfi’ī and Abū Sulaymān.’”
http://en.altartosi.com/expertsMasjidDiraar.htm#The Sixth Issue
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Jazakallahu khairan, brother. Alhamdulilah. So, it seems it is fine to pray behind him and there is no blame upon me.