Warning Against Neglecting Attendance at the Congregational Prayer
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Question:
May Allah reward you. The questioner asks: Is there any advice for some of the young men who have not prayed the Fajr prayer in congregation for more than two years?
Answer:
These people are exposing themselves to danger by abandoning the congregational prayer. There is a great sin in it, unless a person has an excuse. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Sunan Ibn Majah 793Sahih (Darussalam)
Sunan Ibn Majah 797Sahih (Darussalam) Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "We used to see that among the Companions of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), none would be absent from it except a known hypocrite whose hypocrisy was well known." It is not permissible for a person to be lazy about the congregational prayer; rather, it is obligatory for him to maintain the congregational prayer in the mosque with the Muslims, for Fajr and the other prayers. Yes.
May Allah reward you. The questioner asks: Is there any advice for some of the young men who have not prayed the Fajr prayer in congregation for more than two years?
Answer:
These people are exposing themselves to danger by abandoning the congregational prayer. There is a great sin in it, unless a person has an excuse. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
Whoever hears the call and does not come, his prayer is not valid, except for those who have an excuse.
من سمع النداء فلم يأته فلا صلاة له إلا من عذر، قيل وما العذر؟ قال خوف أو مرض.The most burdensome prayers for the hypocrites are the 'Isha' prayer and the Fajr prayer. If only they knew what (reward) there is in them, they would come to them even if they had to crawl.
والنبي صلى الله عليه وسلم كان يتفقد المصلين ويقول أثقل الصلاة على المنافقين صلاة العشاء وصلاة الفجر، ولو يعلمون ما فيهما لأتوهما ولو حبوا
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [632] التحذير من التكاسل عن حضور صلاة الجماعة - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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