Is it permissible to pray behind an imam who recites Al-Fatihah over food and audibly after prayer, and who visits the graves of the righteous?
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Prayer behind a polytheist is not valid. However, the matters mentioned do not constitute polytheism unless visiting graves involves the belief that their occupants can fulfill needs or involves supplicating to them instead of to Allah.
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