Opening Shops During Prayer Times
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Question:
This questioner says: Your Eminence, father, in these days there is a call to open shops during prayer times, and some of them argue that there is no evidence from the Sunnah that prevents opening shops during prayer times. So what is your guidance in this matter?
Answer:
And what do they do with the saying of Allah the Exalted:[An-Nur 24:37] Did they not close their shops at the time of prayer? They used to sell and buy. The Salaf used to sell and buy in the markets, so when they heard the mu'adhdhin, they closed their shops and went to pray. Yes.
This questioner says: Your Eminence, father, in these days there is a call to open shops during prayer times, and some of them argue that there is no evidence from the Sunnah that prevents opening shops during prayer times. So what is your guidance in this matter?
Answer:
And what do they do with the saying of Allah the Exalted:
neither commerce nor sale distracts from the remembrance of Allah and performance of prayer and giving of zakah
لَّا تُلْهِيهِمْ تِجَارَةٌ وَلَا بَيْعٌ عَن ذِكْرِ اللَّهِ وَإِقَامِ الصَّلَاةِ وَإِيتَاءِ الزَّكَاةِ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، أسئلة اللقاء المفتوح [29-7-1440] مع صاحب المعالي العلامة صالح بن فوزان الفوزان بجامع الرحمانية — youtube.com (12:43)
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