Following the Mosques and the Hadith: “Let one of you pray in the mosque nearest to him”
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: Is there a hadith that says, “Let one of you pray in the mosque nearest to him and not follow the mosques”?
Answer:
No, I do not recall anything of this. If he goes following the mosques, and his intention is not the reward, but rather his intention is the imam’s voice, or his intention is merely to hear the imam’s voice? This is not prescribed. This is not prescribed. This is following the mosques in order to savor the voices. This is not prescribed, and there is no reward in it. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: Is there a hadith that says, “Let one of you pray in the mosque nearest to him and not follow the mosques”?
Answer:
No, I do not recall anything of this. If he goes following the mosques, and his intention is not the reward, but rather his intention is the imam’s voice, or his intention is merely to hear the imam’s voice? This is not prescribed. This is not prescribed. This is following the mosques in order to savor the voices. This is not prescribed, and there is no reward in it. Yes.
Source
المنتقى من أخبار سيد المرسلين 06-01-1435هـ — af.org.sa (48:13)
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