Please comment on the practice of importing foreign faasiq qaaris to recite qiraat in the Musajid.

Answer

Honouring a faasiq is haraam. Rasulullah (Sallallahu alayhi wasallam) said that the one who honours a faasiq aids in the demolition of Islam. The Arsh of Allah Azza Wa Jal shudders when a faasiq and a bid'ati are honoured. Furthermore, these beardless, kuffaar-dressed fussaaq are in the despicable haraam game of selling their qiraat for a miserable price.

Hadhrat Aabis Ghifaari (Radhiyallahu anhu) said that Rasulullah (Sallallahu alayhi wasallam) had expressed fear for such qaaris who will be making a mockery of the Qur'aan. The Qur'aan Majeed will become an object of amusement to titillate the nafsaaniyat of people and to fill the pockets of the fussaaq qaaris with ill-gotten boodle.

Rasulullah (Sallallahu alayhi wasallam) said: "Verily, most of the munaafiqeen of my Ummah are its qaaris." This description very aptly befits these fussaaq qaaris who earn haraam money with their concerts of qiraat.

The trustees of the Musjids who host these contemptible fussaaq are themselves fussaaq and even fujjaar. Many are even munaafiqeen. The NNB jamiat of Fordsburg consists of a bunch of juhala and khanaazeer. They are of the worst type of vile molvis "under the canopy of the sky". Their mission is the promotion of fisq, fujoor and haraam. Their objective is to gain haraam boodle with which they nourish themselves and their families thus fattening themselves to become fuel for Jahannam. They are the worst scoundrels in the Ummah of this era. They are devoid of any goodness whatsoever. They are embodiments of evil. They are the epitome and essence of shaitaaniyat. They have surpassed even the villainy of the Ulama-e-Soo' of Bani Israaeel.

It is not permissible to listen to the qiraat of these fussaaq qaaris. Participating in any way in their qiraat concerts is haraam I'aanat alal ma'siyat (aiding sin).