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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Missing the congregational prayer due to work

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Question:
May Allah reward you with good. He says: Your Excellency the Shaykh, what should one do if his job causes him to miss the congregational prayer daily, especially the midday prayer?

Answer:
The job does not get lost; it does not get lost for everyone. People are employees, and praise be to Allah, they pray with the Muslims in congregation, and their jobs do not get lost because of the congregational prayer. And if it happens that the employer prevents you from praying in congregation, he has no right to do so.
The employer has no right to prevent prayer in congregation, because this is a right for Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He). So it is not fitting for employers to prevent workers from performing the prayers, or for a manager in a department to prevent employees from praying. If he wants to prevent them, do not obey him. If he wants to prevent them, do not obey him in this. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، محاضرات في العقيدة والدعوة-03-التوبة آداب وأحكام|صالح الفوزان|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:17:33)

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