prayers behind he who does not practice Tabarri

بسم الله الواحد القهار

No doubt Tawalli which is friendship and submission to the guardianship of the Ahlulbayt(عليهم السلام) and Tabarri, which is enmity towards their enemies, are of the most important concepts in the school of Ahlulbayt(عليهم السلام). These two concepts need always to be practiced hand in hand and parallel, accepting just one of them and refraining from the other is not acceptable.

Of the jurisprudential verdicts which makes this clear is the impermissibly of performing prayers behind someone who manifests Tawalli, but refrains from doing Tabarri. In other words such a person lacks the Adaala, which is of the primary conditions for someone who leads the prayers in the School of Ahlulbayt(عليهم السلام).

The importance of this verdict shows itself when we look at the definition of Adaala, which is the state of someone who performs the obligatory acts and refrains from what has been prohibited, which means that Tawalli and Tabarri are of the primary obligatory acts for every Shia Muslim and he who refrains from practicing one of them is not considered an Aadil(i.e. upright) person.

Sheikh At-Tusi:

Sahih(authetnic): and also it has been narrated from him(i.e. Al-Husain Ibn Sa’eed) from Al-Nadhr from Yahya Al-Halabi from Ibn Muskan from Isma’eel Al-Ju’fi who said: I said to Abi Ja’far(عليه السلام): someone who loves Amiral-Muminin(عليه السلام)but does not disassociate  himself (i.e. do bara'a) from his enemies, and he says: He (i.e. Imam Ali (عليه السلام)) is more beloved to me than those who opposed him. Imam (عليه السلام) said: such a person is confused(i.e. has mixed his religion) and he is an enemy, so do not pray behind him and he should not be respected, unless you do Taqiyya from him.

Source: Tahdheeb Al-Ahkaam, Vol. 3 Pg. 32, H-No. 97-9       

Sheikh Al-Khwajawi:

And it is also clear that whoever who does not disassociate himself from the enemies of the Ahlulbayt(عليه السلام), he is their enemy himself. As it is obvious in the Sahih(authentic) narration of Isma’eel Al-Ju’fi who said: I said to Abi Ja’far(عليه السلام): someone who loves Amiral-Muminin(عليه السلام)but does not disassociate  himself (i.e. do bara'a) from his enemies, and he says: He (i.e. Imam Ali (عليه السلام)) is more beloved to me than those who opposed him. Imam (عليه السلام) said: such a person is confused(i.e. has mixed his religion) and he is an enemy, so do not pray behind him and he should not be respected, unless you do Taqiyya from him.

So he (عليه السلام) has declared the enmity towards those who do not disassociate themselves from their (عليهم السلام) enemies, even if Amiral-Muminin(عليه السلام) is more beloved to that person than those who opposed him and we do not define such people as Nasibi, except for those who antagonize the Ahlulbayt(عليه السلام) secretly or openly, we rather say: whoever antagonizes their friends, then he is a Nasibi.

Source: Ar-Rasahil Al-Fiq’hiyya, Vol. 2 Pg. 99

Sheikh Al-Khwajawi:

If someone declares the Wilaya but refrains from Bara’a, so he is confused and an enemy, as it is obvious in the Sahih(authentic) narration of Al-Ju’fi that was mentioned before, where he says:

I said to Abi Ja’far(عليه السلام): someone who loves Amiral-Muminin(عليه السلام)but does not disassociate  himself (i.e. do bara'a) from his enemies, and he says: He (i.e. Imam Ali (عليه السلام)) is more beloved to me than those who opposed him. Imam (عليه السلام) said: such a person is confused(i.e. has mixed his religion) and he is an enemy.

And it is obvious in some narrations that such a person is whoever who opposes the truth, even if he does not antagonize the people of the truth from among the Shia, and the Nasibi who antagonizes them, even if they do not manifest the enmity towards Ahlulbayt(عليه السلام). 

Source: Ar-Rasahil Al-Fiq’hiyya, Vol. 2 Pg. 102

Sheikh Al-Bahrani Al-Qatifi:

Prohibition of performing prayers behind someone who does Tawalli, but refrains from Tabarri:

Evidenced through what has been mentioned previously and what Sheikh(i.e. Sheikh Al-Tusi) has narrated through a Sahih(authentic) chain from Isma’eel Al-Ju’fi who said: I said to Abi Ja’far(عليه السلام): someone who loves Amiral-Muminin(عليه السلام)but does not disassociate (i.e. do bara'a) from his enemies, and he says: He (i.e. Imam Ali (عليه السلام)) is more beloved to me than those who opposed him. Imam (عليه السلام) said: such a person is confused(i.e. has mixed his religion) and he is an enemy, so do not pray behind him and he should not be respected, unless you do Taqiyya from him.

Apparently this narration refers to the Batriyya and they are the followers of Kathir An-Nawa and Al-Hasan Ibn Saleh Ibn Hai and Salim Ibn Abi Hafsa and Al-Hakam Ibn Utayba and Salama Ibn Kuhail and Thabit Al-Haddad and they are a group who invite to the Wilayat of Ali(عليه السلام) and then mix it with the Wilayat of Abi Bakr and Umar and accept them as Imams and leaders, but they show enmity towards Uthman, Talha, Al-Zubayr and Aisha, and they believe in revolting with the children of Ali(عليه السلام) and they believe that whoever from among them who rises and revolts is an Imam.

Source: Ar-Rasahil Al-Ahmadiyya, Vol. 1 Pg. 338