Is it permissible to pray behind imams who supplicate, "O Allah, inspire us with guidance on the path of Imam Elijah," given that there are mosques far from one's place of residence?
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A has previously been issued concerning the "Nation of Islam" group (Fatwa No. 97921), whose followers believe that Elijah Muhammad is the Seal of the Prophets. This fatwa declared anyone who holds this belief to be a disbeliever.
Our advice is not to pray with them, especially since you heard their imam supplicating that Allah make them follow his destructive path.
The distance of other mosques does not relieve you of the obligation of Friday prayer, for Friday prayer is obligatory upon the people of a city or a metropolis, even if they are far from the mosque, as Ibn Qudamah mentioned in "Al-Mughni."
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