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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Is the disbeliever ordered to stop working during the time of prayer?

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Question:
The other question is that we observe that when the men of the Hisbah order disbelievers to stop working until the prayer is finished, some people react with surprise, asking: Why stop the disbelievers when they are not required to pray? The Hisbah officer says it is out of respect for the rituals and feelings of the Muslims. These people say that stopping them is a kindness to them by giving them rest and halting the work of the Muslims. In the view of these people, it is better for the disbelievers to continue working during the times of prayer. What is the position of the Hisbah officers regarding these people?

Answer:
This is a shortcoming in the vision of these objectors. Stopping them from working is a means of displaying the Muslims' agreement in performing the prayers, and not displaying the rituals of the disbelievers by showing indifference to the prayer. It is also so that no Muslim who does not care about the prayer slips in among them and becomes like them. Stopping them has benefits, the first of which is not displaying their rituals and that they are disbelievers who do not care about the prayer.
The second point is that in this there is also assistance for the Muslims in performing their rituals and carrying out their prayers, and that they performed them as Allah prescribed, and were not like those who did not care about them.
The third point is that in this there is also protection for the Muslims from doing as they do, imitating them, or slipping in with them, saying, "Since they are leaving to work, we are with them," and pretending to be Christians until they are told to pray. So the benefit in this is multiple benefits, and preventing them from working during the time of prayer has benefits for the Muslims and wards off evil from the Muslims as well.
Source قناة «فضيلة الشيخ ابن باز Alsheikh Binbaz»، 053 هل يؤمر الكافر بالتوقف عن العمل وقت الصلاة؟ للإمام ابن باز — youtube.com

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