Young men visiting the Prophet’s Mosque and holding lectures in their accommodation without praying in the mosque: what is the guidance?
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: We are a group of young men who visited Madinah, and sometimes Makkah. We spend most of our time in an apartment we rent. One of us gives us lectures and lessons, and we hardly pray in the Prophet’s Mosque except for one prayer. We do not attend the scholars there, but only our tour leader. Does the report of 'Umar ibn 'Abd al-'Aziz that you mentioned apply to us?
Answer:
Yes, yes, it applies to you. You have the Prophet’s Mosque and the scholars’ lessons, yet you isolate yourselves in an apartment, and you do not even pray with the congregation in the Messenger’s Mosque. Is one prayer in it not worth a thousand prayers? This is not acceptable. This is deprivation. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: We are a group of young men who visited Madinah, and sometimes Makkah. We spend most of our time in an apartment we rent. One of us gives us lectures and lessons, and we hardly pray in the Prophet’s Mosque except for one prayer. We do not attend the scholars there, but only our tour leader. Does the report of 'Umar ibn 'Abd al-'Aziz that you mentioned apply to us?
Answer:
Yes, yes, it applies to you. You have the Prophet’s Mosque and the scholars’ lessons, yet you isolate yourselves in an apartment, and you do not even pray with the congregation in the Messenger’s Mosque. Is one prayer in it not worth a thousand prayers? This is not acceptable. This is deprivation. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [710 -858] شباب يزرون المدينة النبوية ويقيمون المحاضرات في السكن ولا يصلون في المسجد، فما التوجيه؟ — youtube.com
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