Statement from the Committee on the Obligation of Congregational Prayer in Mosques for Men: Congregational Prayer
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Abdullah ibn Mas'ud
Muslim
Muslim
Abu Hurayrah
Bulugh al-Maram 2:307
Ibn Abbas
Bulugh al-Maram 2:308
Ibn Hajar
Ibn Majah
and al-Daraqutni
and Ibn Hibban
and al-Hakim
Muslim
Abu Hurayrah
Bulugh al-Maram 2:305
al-Bukhari
Sunan Ibn Majah 797Sahih (Darussalam)
Ibn Taymiyyah
[Al-Ahzab 33:36]
[An-Nur 24:63]
Ahmad
Sufyan
[An-Nur 24:63]
[Al-Munafiqun 63:9]
[An-Nur 24:36-37]
Ibn Kathir
Matar al-Warraq
Ibn Abi Talhah
Ibn Abbas
[An-Nur 24:37]
al-Rabi' ibn Anas
and Muqatil ibn Hayyan
al-Suddi
Sunan Abi Dawud 1264Da'if (Al-Albani)
Abu Dawud
Umar
and Ali
Abd al-Rahman ibn Hasan
[Maryam 19:59]
Among them:
And among them:
[At-Tawbah 9:18]
And among them:
Riyad as-Salihin 1070
Ahmad
and Abu Dawud
and al-Nasa'i
and Ibn Khuzaymah
and Ibn Hibban
and al-Hakim
Razin
Whoever desires to meet Allah tomorrow as a Muslim, let him guard these prayers where they are called for, for they are among the Sunnahs of guidance. Indeed, Allah has prescribed for your Prophet the Sunnahs of guidance. If you were to pray in your homes as this laggard prays in his home, you would abandon the Sunnah of your Prophet, and if you abandoned the Sunnah of your Prophet, you would go astray. And no man purifies himself and perfects his purification, then proceeds to one of these mosques, but that Allah writes for him a good deed for every step he takes, raises him thereby a degree, and removes from him thereby a sin. And I have seen us, and none lagged behind except a known hypocrite whose hypocrisy was known. And indeed, a man would be brought, supported between two men, until he was placed in the row.
من سره أن يلقى الله غدًا مسلمًا فليحافظ على هؤلاء الصلوات حيث ينادى بهن فإنهن من سنن الهدى ، وإن الله شرع لنبيكم سنن الهدى ، وإنكم لو صليتم في بيوتكم كما يصلي هذا المتخلف في بيته لتركتم سنة نبيكم ولو تركتم سنة نبيكم لضللتم ، وما من رجل يتطهر فيحسن الطهور ثم يعمد إلى مسجد من هذه المساجد إلا كتب الله له بكل خطوة يخطوها حسنة ويرفعه بها درجة ويحط بها عنه سيئة ، ولقد رأيتنا وما يتخلف عنها إلا منافق معلوم النفاق ، ولقد كان الرجل يؤتى به يهادى بين الرجلين حتى يقام في الصفMuslim
Muslim
Abu Hurayrah
Narrated [Abu Hurairah (RA)]: A blind man came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said, "O Messenger of Allah, I have no guide to take me to the mosque." He [the Prophet (ﷺ)] therefore permitted him (to pray at his house), then when the man turned away the Prophet (ﷺ) called him and asked, "Can you hear the Adhan (call) for prayer?" He answered, "Yes". He [the Prophet (ﷺ)] said, "Then respond to it." [Reported by Muslim].
أتى النبي - صلى الله عليه وسلم - رجل أعمى ، فقال : يا رسول الله ، إنه ليس لي قائد يقودني إلى المسجد ؛ فرخص له ، فلما ولى دعاه ، فقال : هل تسمع النداء بالصلاة ؟ قال : نعم ، قال : فأجبIbn Abbas
Whoever hears the call for prayer and and does not come (to the mosque for prayer), his prayer will not be accepted from him, unless he has a (legitimate) excuse.
من سمع النداء فلم يأت فلا صلاة له إلا من عذرIbn Hajar
Ibn Majah
and al-Daraqutni
and Ibn Hibban
and al-Hakim
Muslim
Abu Hurayrah
By Him in Whose Hand my soul is, I have thought of giving orders for fuel wood to be gathered, then giving orders for Salat (prayer) and having the Adhan called, then ordering a man to lead the people (in prayer), then going off to some people (men) who are not present at the prayer and burning down their houses upon them.
والذي نفسي بيده ، لقد هممت أن آمر بحطب فيحتطب ، ثم آمر بالصلاة فيؤذن لها ، ثم آمر رجلاً فيؤم الناس ، ثم أخالف إلى رجال لا يشهدون الصلاة فأحرق عليهم بيوتهمal-Bukhari
The most burdensome prayers for the hypocrites are the 'Isha' prayer and the Fajr prayer. If only they knew what (reward) there is in them, they would come to them even if they had to crawl.
أثقل الصلاة على المنافقين صلاة العشاء وصلاة الفجر ولو يعلمون ما فيهما لأتوهما ولو حبوًاIbn Taymiyyah
It is not for a believing man or a believing woman, when Allah and His Messenger have decided a matter, that they should [thereafter] have any choice about their affair. And whoever disobeys Allah and His Messenger has certainly strayed into clear error.
وَمَا كَانَ لِمُؤْمِنٍ وَلاَ مُؤْمِنَةٍ إِذَا قَضَى اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَمْرًا أَنْ يَكُونَ لَهُمُ الْخِيَرَةُ مِنْ أَمْرِهِمْ وَمَنْ يَعْصِ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ فَقَدْ ضَلَّ ضَلاَلاً مُبِينًاSo let those beware who dissent from the Prophet's order, lest fitnah strike them or a painful punishment.
فَلْيَحْذَرِ الَّذِينَ يُخَالِفُونَ عَنْ أَمْرِهِ أَنْ تُصِيبَهُمْ فِتْنَةٌ أَوْ يُصِيبَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌAhmad
Sufyan
So let those beware who dissent from the Prophet's order
فَلْيَحْذَرِ الَّذِينَ يُخَالِفُونَ عَنْ أَمْرِهِO you who have believed, let not your wealth and your children divert you from remembrance of Allah. And whoever does that - then those are the losers.
يَاأَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لاَ تُلْهِكُمْ أَمْوَالُكُمْ وَلاَ أَوْلاَدُكُمْ عَنْ ذِكْرِ اللَّهِ وَمَنْ يَفْعَلْ ذَلِكَ فَأُولَئِكَ هُمُ الْخَاسِرُونَ(36) [Such niches are] in mosques which Allah has ordered to be raised and that His name be mentioned therein; exalting Him within them in the morning and the evenings (37) [Are] men whom neither commerce nor sale distracts from the remembrance of Allah and performance of prayer and giving of zakah. They fear a Day in which the hearts and eyes will [fearfully] turn about -
فِي بُيُوتٍ أَذِنَ اللَّهُ أَنْ تُرْفَعَ وَيُذْكَرَ فِيهَا اسْمُهُ يُسَبِّحُ لَهُ فِيهَا بِالْغُدُوِّ وَالْآصَالِ (36) رِجَالٌ لاَ تُلْهِيهِمْ تِجَارَةٌ وَلاَ بَيْعٌ عَنْ ذِكْرِ اللَّهِ وَإِقَامِ الصَّلاَةِ وَإِيتَاءِ الزَّكَاةِ يَخَافُونَ يَوْمًا تَتَقَلَّبُ فِيهِ الْقُلُوبُ وَالْأَبْصَارُIbn Kathir
Matar al-Warraq
Ibn Abi Talhah
Ibn Abbas
neither commerce nor sale distracts from the remembrance of Allah
لاَ تُلْهِيهِمْ تِجَارَةٌ وَلاَ بَيْعٌ عَنْ ذِكْرِ اللَّهِal-Rabi' ibn Anas
and Muqatil ibn Hayyan
al-Suddi
When he passed by a sleeping man he called him for prayer or moved him with his foot.
لا يمر برجل إلا ناداه بالصلاة أو حركه برجلهAbu Dawud
Umar
and Ali
Abd al-Rahman ibn Hasan
But there came after them successors who neglected prayer and pursued desires; so they are going to meet evil -
فَخَلَفَ مِنْ بَعْدِهِمْ خَلْفٌ أَضَاعُوا الصَّلاَةَ وَاتَّبَعُوا الشَّهَوَاتِ فَسَوْفَ يَلْقَوْنَ غَيًّاAmong them:
And among them:
The mosques of Allah are only to be maintained by those who believe in Allah and the Last Day and establish prayer and give zakah
إِنَّمَا يَعْمُرُ مَسَاجِدَ اللَّهِ مَنْ آمَنَ بِاللَّهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ وَأَقَامَ الصَّلاَةَ وَآتَى الزَّكَاةَAnd among them:
Abud-Darda' (May Allah be pleased with him)reported: I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying, "If three men in a village or in the desert, make no arrangement for Salat in congregation, Satan must have certainly overcome them. So observe Salat in congregation, for the wolf eats up a solitary sheep that stays far from the flock." [Abu Dawud] .
ما من ثلاثة في قرية لا تقام فيهم الصلاة إلا قد استحوذ عليهم الشيطان ، فعليكم بالجماعة فإنما يأكل الذئب من الغنم القاصيةAhmad
and Abu Dawud
and al-Nasa'i
and Ibn Khuzaymah
and Ibn Hibban
and al-Hakim
Razin
And the wolf of man is Satan; when he is alone with him, he devours him.
وإن ذئب الإنسان: الشيطان ، إذا خلا به أكله
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