Leaving the nearby mosque to pray in a distant mosque
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: There are two mosques near my home, one is a congregational mosque (jama'ah) and the other is for obligatory prayers. I prefer to pray in a mosque that is not a congregational mosque, but it is far away, so I walk to it. Is there any sin on me for going to the distant one and leaving the nearby one?
Answer:
By Allah, if your going away from the mosque near your home leads to the people or the worshippers finding it strange, or if they think you have a bad opinion of the imam, or if the imam feels uncomfortable about it, then pray in the mosque near you to avoid these matters. But if nothing results from it, and you do not miss the distant one if you seek reward from Allah, then it is better. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: There are two mosques near my home, one is a congregational mosque (jama'ah) and the other is for obligatory prayers. I prefer to pray in a mosque that is not a congregational mosque, but it is far away, so I walk to it. Is there any sin on me for going to the distant one and leaving the nearby one?
Answer:
By Allah, if your going away from the mosque near your home leads to the people or the worshippers finding it strange, or if they think you have a bad opinion of the imam, or if the imam feels uncomfortable about it, then pray in the mosque near you to avoid these matters. But if nothing results from it, and you do not miss the distant one if you seek reward from Allah, then it is better. Yes.
Source
المنتقى من أخبار سيد المرسلين 06-01-1435هـ — af.org.sa (46:23)
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