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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Delaying the Fajr prayer from the congregation

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The questioner:
May Allah reward you. The questioner asks: What is the ruling on delaying the Fajr prayer, with evidence?

The Shaykh:
Pray with the congregation, pray with the congregation, and do not pray alone. You say, “I will differ,” but this is not permissible; this is abandoning the Friday prayer.

The questioner:
Some care is taken.

The Shaykh:
As for if the intention is that some imams delay, this is also not permissible, because this involves deviation and contradicting what the Muslims are upon. So you pray with the Muslims, you establish the prayer with the Muslims, and you do not deviate from them. You delay in this direction, and the second aspect is that this harms the ma'mum (those praying behind the imam) and burdens them with waiting. So pray with the Muslims, and praise be to Allah, do not deviate, do not burden your congregation, and do not be affected by those who say that the timetable is wrong. They are the ones who are wrong; the timetable is not wrong. The error is in their heads and their thoughts. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، محاضرات في العقيدة والدعوة-47-منهج أهل السنة والجماعة|صالح الفوزان|العام|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:06:19)

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