What is your opinion on the statement that the permissibility of combining prayers when it is raining indicates that praying in congregation is obligatory?
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is your opinion of the one who says that the permissibility of combining prayers when it is raining is evidence that praying in congregation is obligatory and of its importance? Is this correct?
Answer:
Yes, it has a basis. This has a basis: it is for the sake of preserving the congregation and the place of gathering when there is an excuse. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is your opinion of the one who says that the permissibility of combining prayers when it is raining is evidence that praying in congregation is obligatory and of its importance? Is this correct?
Answer:
Yes, it has a basis. This has a basis: it is for the sake of preserving the congregation and the place of gathering when there is an excuse. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [250 /641] ما رأيكم بقول إن مشروعية جمع الصلاة حال نزول المطر يدل على وجوب الصلاة في جماعة؟ — youtube.com
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