Delaying the 'Isha' Prayer and Praying in Congregation in the Rest Area
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: Some people delay the 'Isha' prayer until one-third of the night or until the middle of the night, and they pray it in congregation in the rest area. Is their action valid, or is there a sin upon them for leaving the congregational prayer in the mosque?
Answer:
The rest area is cut off from the town. You hear the adhan, so they pray in the mosques, in the mosques around them with the Muslims. They do not pray in the rest area unless the rest area is in a remote area far from the mosques and they do not hear the adhan; then they pray there. And if they agree and all of them desire to delay it until the middle of the night or until the last third of the night, there is no harm. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: Some people delay the 'Isha' prayer until one-third of the night or until the middle of the night, and they pray it in congregation in the rest area. Is their action valid, or is there a sin upon them for leaving the congregational prayer in the mosque?
Answer:
The rest area is cut off from the town. You hear the adhan, so they pray in the mosques, in the mosques around them with the Muslims. They do not pray in the rest area unless the rest area is in a remote area far from the mosques and they do not hear the adhan; then they pray there. And if they agree and all of them desire to delay it until the middle of the night or until the last third of the night, there is no harm. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 35 من 148|شرح كتاب المنتقى|الصلاة|بيان أنها الوسطى وما ورد في ذلك في غيرها|صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (1:09:14)
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