Re: [IslamCity] Is it permissible to offer prayers in Imam-Bara (shia mosque) during traveling?

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Saba Khan, assalamualaikum. I am trying to get a reply for the following mail. Can you help? abdeen   Assalamualaikum Mufti Ebrahim Desai , Jinns.? Can they help human beings in solving many ailments even those that require real medication. This is happening in a remote village in Sri Lanka by a person, who is an alim, thousands are flocking to consult on fixed days and thereafter treatment on some other days especially after 5pm till early mornings. A  notice is put up" believe in Allah" and leave the rest to Him . The subject male or female, believer or nonbeliever, taken into a room, laid to rest, covered with a cloth and in darkness, the subject feels something being drawn along the line of pain etc., and feelings of  an operation is also felt and all this is done within 20 minutes and the patient is released thereafter having given herbal decoctions, with honey and to return after 2 months.The patient feels a definite improvement. The belief is that the Jinns are at work and helping. Is it proper to command and enrol help of jinns for such purposes. If this is deception, thousands would not be rushing there. A nominal fee of Rs2000/- is paid. Please reply whether this is permitted. Wassalam abdeen       -------Original Message-------   From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 07/01/06 03:37:49 To: eGroup For Muslims Around The World Subject: [IslamCity] Is it permissible to offer prayers in Imam-Bara (shia mosque) during traveling?   Question Is it permissible to offer prayers in Imam-Bara (shia mosque) during traveling? One of my colleagues was out of country on a business trip. It was time of Maghrib when he left his office; he searched for mosque but unfortunately there wasn’t any Masjid nearby. There was only an Imam-Bara in that area. He’d two choices: - either delay the Maghrib Salat (Qadha) - or offer Maghrib in Shia-mosque He opted 2nd option and offered maghrib prayer in shia-mosque. I’ve two questions: - Does he need to repeat his prayer? - What should one do in such situations next time? Answer Rasulullah () said "Allah has made the entire earth a Musjid for me". This is the specialty of this Ummah that we may pray where ever possible. Previous nations had to pray in designated areas and were not allowed to pray anywhere. Performing Salaah in a Shia or imam Bara does not affect the validity of the Salaah. The Salaah performed was valid and there is no need to repeat the Salaah. To delay the Salaah without a valid reason is a sin. If you are faced in a similar situation some other time, you should perform your Salaah wherever. It is important to note that the above ruling was if you had performed your Salaah individually. However, if you had followed an imam, and his Aqeeda (belief) is not according to the beliefs of Ahlus Sunnah Wal Jamaa’ah, it is not be permissible to follow that imam. 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