Holding two congregations in the school or the mosque
Machine translationRead the Arabic original
Question:
I have seen that in schools, the midday prayer is performed in congregation inside the school, but there are employees who perform the prayer on their own in two groups after the time has entered, and before the time of the congregation, to avoid the smoke. So, should the worshippers pray on their own, even if they are few, or should they delay until they spoil the congregation?
Answer:
It is not permissible to split up, and it is not permissible for there to be two congregations in the school or two congregations in the mosque. This is not permissible. The religion is based on gathering together. Splitting the congregation is not permissible, and splitting into groups is not permissible. They must all pray together and not split up. Yes.
I have seen that in schools, the midday prayer is performed in congregation inside the school, but there are employees who perform the prayer on their own in two groups after the time has entered, and before the time of the congregation, to avoid the smoke. So, should the worshippers pray on their own, even if they are few, or should they delay until they spoil the congregation?
Answer:
It is not permissible to split up, and it is not permissible for there to be two congregations in the school or two congregations in the mosque. This is not permissible. The religion is based on gathering together. Splitting the congregation is not permissible, and splitting into groups is not permissible. They must all pray together and not split up. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 41 من 175 /شرح بلوغ المرام/الصلاة/المواقيت/صالح الفوزان/الحديث/كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:06:42)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.