{"id":6050,"date":"2024-07-10T07:42:13","date_gmt":"2024-07-10T07:42:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/al-mawrid.org\/questions-en\/2024\/07\/10\/creed-of-prayer-imam\/"},"modified":"2024-07-10T07:42:13","modified_gmt":"2024-07-10T07:42:13","slug":"creed-of-prayer-imam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/al-mawrid.org\/questions-en\/creed-of-prayer-imam\/","title":{"rendered":"Creed Of Prayer Imam"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Question<\/h3>\n<p>Is it appropriate to ask an <em>imam<\/em> about his &#8220;creed\/belief&#8221; to determine if one should follow him in congregational prayer?<\/p>\n<h3>Answer<\/h3>\n<p>I think asking the Imam his creed before taking part  in the congregational prayer is an act that cannot be condoned.  Difference of opinion should not lead us to that kind of dissention.We  should try to talk such people out of this attitude wisely and educate  people to avoid extremism. Dialogue would better solve the matter and  create an atmosphere of agreement and acceptance among the different  sects of the Muslims. We should focus on the unity of goal (of success  in the Hereafter) rather than fighting on minor differences.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Answered by:<\/strong> Tariq Mahmood Hashmi<\/p>\n<p><strong>Date:<\/strong> 2014-12-22<\/p>\n<button class=\"simplefavorite-button\" data-postid=\"6050\" data-siteid=\"1\" data-groupid=\"1\" data-favoritecount=\"0\" style=\"\">Favorite <i class=\"sf-icon-star-empty\"><\/i><\/button>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is it appropriate to ask an <em>imam<\/em> about his &#8220;creed\/belief&#8221; to determine if one should follow him in congregational prayer?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14147,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1158],"tags":[1695,1269,1694,1159,1402],"class_list":["post-6050","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-worship-rituals","tag-creed","tag-imam","tag-mosque","tag-prayer","tag-salah"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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