The ruling on going to mosques other than the three
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, it is mentioned in the hadith: "Do not travel for prayer except to three mosques." Does this include the aspect of going to mosques that are less than the mosques of the Qasr?
Answer:
No, what do you mean by mosques? The mosques are all equal; they are all the same. All the mosques in the town are the same. Do you not go to a mosque that your conscience approves of, rather than the other mosques in the town? This is what the evidence indicates: the mosques other than the three. So all the mosques are equal. Pray in the mosque where you are inclined to pray and where you are present; pray in it. Yes, unless there is a benefit, such as going to the mosque for the sake of a benefit, seeking knowledge where there is teaching, or a mosque with a larger congregation. You go for the sake of the additional virtue of the congregation. This is what resembles that.
Honorable Shaykh, it is mentioned in the hadith: "Do not travel for prayer except to three mosques." Does this include the aspect of going to mosques that are less than the mosques of the Qasr?
Answer:
No, what do you mean by mosques? The mosques are all equal; they are all the same. All the mosques in the town are the same. Do you not go to a mosque that your conscience approves of, rather than the other mosques in the town? This is what the evidence indicates: the mosques other than the three. So all the mosques are equal. Pray in the mosque where you are inclined to pray and where you are present; pray in it. Yes, unless there is a benefit, such as going to the mosque for the sake of a benefit, seeking knowledge where there is teaching, or a mosque with a larger congregation. You go for the sake of the additional virtue of the congregation. This is what resembles that.
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