Congregational Prayer at Home out of Fear of Corona
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Question:
The listener Khalid 'Abd al-Rahman Mahdi Hamid from Sudan says: Is it permissible to pray at home out of fear of the spreading coronavirus?
Answer:
This is not permissible unless the Ministry of Health announces that people should not go out and should not mix with others. If none of this happens, then congregational prayer is obligatory. Yes.
The listener Khalid 'Abd al-Rahman Mahdi Hamid from Sudan says: Is it permissible to pray at home out of fear of the spreading coronavirus?
Answer:
This is not permissible unless the Ministry of Health announces that people should not go out and should not mix with others. If none of this happens, then congregational prayer is obligatory. Yes.
Source
قناة «إذاعة القرآن الكريم»، نور على الدرب مع معالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان ح7486 — youtube.com (15:12)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.