The Difference Between the Mosque and the Prayer Place in Reward
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, the questioner, Umm Hind, says: Honorable Shaykh, is there a difference between the mosque and the prayer place in reward, and is it the same, or does this differ?
Answer:
It is required that the Muslim prays in congregation, and if he has a mosque, let him pray in the mosque. Congregation is not established outside the nearby mosque; rather, it is upon the one who is near the mosque and hears the call to go to the mosque. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Mishkat al-Masabih 1077.
And by His saying, the Exalted:[At-Tawbah 9:18] His saying, the Exalted: [An-Nur 24:36-37] Mosques were not built except for that purpose. Either the mosques are left empty and it is said that the intention is to establish the congregational prayer in any place, and that is a great error. The mosques are the place designated for establishing the prayer. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, the questioner, Umm Hind, says: Honorable Shaykh, is there a difference between the mosque and the prayer place in reward, and is it the same, or does this differ?
Answer:
It is required that the Muslim prays in congregation, and if he has a mosque, let him pray in the mosque. Congregation is not established outside the nearby mosque; rather, it is upon the one who is near the mosque and hears the call to go to the mosque. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
If anyone hears the summons and does not respond to it, he is not credited with having prayed unless he has some excuse.
من سمع النداء فلم يجد فلا صلاة له إلا من عذرAnd by His saying, the Exalted:
The mosques of Allah are only to be maintained by those who believe in Allah and the Last Day and establish prayer and give zakah
إِنَّمَا يَعْمُرُ مَسَاجِدَ اللَّهِ مَنْ آمَنَ بِاللَّهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ وَأَقَامَ الصَّلَاةَ وَآتَى الزَّكَاةَin mosques which Allah has ordered to be raised and that His name be mentioned therein; exalting Him within them in the morning and the evenings (37) [Are] men whom neither commerce nor sale distracts from the remembrance of Allah and performance of prayer and giving of zakah
فِي بُيُوتٍ أَذِنَ اللَّهُ أَن تُرْفَعَ وَيُذْكَرَ فِيهَا اسْمُهُ يُسَبِّحُ لَهُ فِيهَا بِالْغُدُوِّ وَالْآصَالِ رِجَالٌ لَّا تُلْهِيهِمْ تِجَارَةٌ وَلَا بَيْعٌ عَن ذِكْرِ اللَّهِ وَإِقَامِ الصَّلَاةِ وَإِيتَاءِ الزَّكَاةِ
Source
الفرق بين المصلَّى والمسجد — alfawzan.live
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