Is it better for the imam to wait in his home until the time for the iqamah, or should he go early like the ma'mum?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: Is it better for the imam to wait in his home until the time for the iqamah if he lives near the mosque, or is it better for him to go early like the others?
Answer:
There is no need for him to go early, because the imam waits; he does not wait. The one who waits is the one who goes early to the mosque. As for the one who waits, he goes when the iqamah is called, when the iqamah for prayer is called, and he remembers Allah and prays in his home, filling his home with the remembrance of Allah the Exalted. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: Is it better for the imam to wait in his home until the time for the iqamah if he lives near the mosque, or is it better for him to go early like the others?
Answer:
There is no need for him to go early, because the imam waits; he does not wait. The one who waits is the one who goes early to the mosque. As for the one who waits, he goes when the iqamah is called, when the iqamah for prayer is called, and he remembers Allah and prays in his home, filling his home with the remembrance of Allah the Exalted. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [113 -582] هل الأفضل للإمام أن ينتظر في بيته إلى وقت إقامة الصلاة، أم يُبكر كالمأموم؟ — youtube.com
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