Some writers say: There is no evidence for the obligation of closing commercial establishments during the times of the five prayers?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, he says: There are writers in newspapers and others who say that there is no evidence for the obligation of closing commercial establishments during the times of the five prayers.
Answer:
And the verse: "O you who believe, let not your wealth and your children divert you from the remembrance of Allah"[Al-Jumu'ah 62:9] "Let not trade or sale divert you from the remembrance of Allah." These verses are for the ignorant one, or the one who does not care, to close the shops at the time of the Friday prayer or the prayer times. This is the practice of the Muslims, and it is part of enjoining good and forbidding evil. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, he says: There are writers in newspapers and others who say that there is no evidence for the obligation of closing commercial establishments during the times of the five prayers.
Answer:
And the verse: "O you who believe, let not your wealth and your children divert you from the remembrance of Allah"
when [the adhan] is called for the prayer on the day of Jumu'ah [Friday], then proceed to the remembrance of Allah and leave trade
إِذَا نُودِيَ لِلصَّلَاةِ مِن يَوْمِ الْجُمُعَةِ فَاسْعَوْا إِلَىٰ ذِكْرِ اللَّهِ وَذَرُوا الْبَيْعَ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [1602 -3022] بعض الكتاب يقولون : إنه لا دليل على وجوب إغلاق المحلات التجارية أوقات الصلوات الخمس؟ — youtube.com
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