Delaying the school’s midday prayer until one o’clock and a quarter

The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh. The last question says: Does the school delay the midday prayer until one o’clock and a quarter? The classes.

The Shaykh:
Does it?

The questioner:
Sit for the prayer with them for the sake of organizing them.

The Shaykh:
To pray the midday prayer.

The questioner:
In the first part of the time.

The Shaykh:
Yes. If there is a benefit in delaying it, there is nothing wrong with it. If there is a religious benefit, there is nothing wrong with delaying it. And if delaying it helps regulate the students and assists them in praying, that is a good thing, and the time is wide, praise be to Allah; the time has been made wide. However, it is not befitting for the classes to appear in this manner, with people praying while they are sitting. It is befitting that when the prayer time comes, all the people pray at the same time. It is befitting that the classes observe the prayer time and pray with the people, not lagging behind the people. Even if the people say to us.
Yes, even if there is a mosque next to the school, if their going out would cause harm by scattering the students and difficulty in gathering them, they should pray in the school, praise be to Allah. But they should not lag behind the people; they should pray with the people so that there is no difference or discrepancy among the worshippers. Yes, Allah the Exalted knows best, and may Allah send prayers and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad and upon his family and peace be upon them.