Purity: Ruling on Donating Votive Offerings to ‘Aliyyullāhī Centers

Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Imam Khamenei

Purity: Ruling on Donating Votive Offerings to ‘Aliyyullāhī Centers

English:

Question #318:

Is it permissible to donate the votive offerings of a nadhr made by a Twelver Shī‘ah and dedicated to Imam Ḥusayn (a.s.) or to Aṣḥāb al-Kisā’, to such centers where followers of the ‘Aliyyullāhī sect gather, knowing that this act amounts, one way or another, to strengthening these centers?

Answer #318:

The belief that the Leader of the Monotheists Ali (a.) is a god is a false belief and takes its adherent out of the pale of Islam. Aiding the propagation of this perverse belief is ḥarām. Further, it is not permissible to spend a nadhr offering for any thing other than its vowed purpose.

-Imam Khamenei, Practical Laws of Islam, Rules of Non-Muslims