What is the ruling on the prayer of an immoral innovator, one who lets his garment hang below his ankles [musbil], one who wears trousers [mubantel], one who smokes, and one who takes wages for reciting the Qur’an? And what is the ruling on praying behind them? And is it permissible to seclude oneself from people and pray at home?
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The prayer of a disobedient person (fasiq) and an innovator (mubtadi') is valid. However, it is disliked to follow them in prayer, unless their disobedience or innovation is an act of disbelief (kufr). In the latter case, neither their prayer nor following them in prayer is valid for someone who knows their condition.
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