The ruling on a worshipper leaving the mosque after the adhan
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, what is the ruling on a person who is the mu'adhdhin, then leaves the mosque and attends at the time of the iqamah, and this happens to him frequently without a reason?
The Shaykh:
If he is going to attend the prayer, the matter is easy. If he is going to attend the prayer, the matter is different, but he misses the reward of waiting in the mosque and sitting in the mosque to wait for the prayer, and there is great virtue in this, and he is in prayer as long as he is waiting for the prayer and the angels are seeking forgiveness for him. But if he leaves and does not return, that is what the prohibition came regarding. Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) saw a man leave the mosque after the adhan, so Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) said, "As for this man, he has disobeyed Abu al-Qasim (peace and blessings be upon him)." So if he leaves with the intention that he will not return, this is not permissible unless he has an excuse, such as the imam of a mosque who goes to pray with his congregation, or the mu'adhdhin of a mosque who goes to call the adhan in his mosque, or he has an appointment with a person and cannot break the appointment and it would harm the person, so he goes to pray in the mosque where he has the appointment. If he has an excuse, there is no harm. If he has an excuse for leaving and praying in another mosque, there is no harm. But if he has no excuse, then this is not permissible for him, meaning.
The presenter:
In the case of the one who leaves without an excuse.
The Shaykh:
He wants to return. The important thing is if he wants to return, the matter is lighter, but he misses the virtue of waiting, waiting for the prayer in the mosque.
So we said that the one who leaves the mosque after the adhan has three cases. The first case is that he leaves with the intention of returning, so he misses the reward of waiting, he misses the reward of waiting for the prayer and staying in the mosque, and there is a deficiency upon him. The second case is that he leaves the mosque after the adhan and does not return to it, but he has an excuse, such as being the imam in another mosque or the mu'adhdhin there, or he has an appointment with a person and cannot break the appointment and it would harm the person, so he goes to pray in another mosque for the sake of the appointment. This is a legal excuse, not because he left out of desire to abandon the good, but because he left with an excuse. The third case is that he leaves and does not intend to return and has no excuse, so this is the place of the warning.
Honorable Shaykh, what is the ruling on a person who is the mu'adhdhin, then leaves the mosque and attends at the time of the iqamah, and this happens to him frequently without a reason?
The Shaykh:
If he is going to attend the prayer, the matter is easy. If he is going to attend the prayer, the matter is different, but he misses the reward of waiting in the mosque and sitting in the mosque to wait for the prayer, and there is great virtue in this, and he is in prayer as long as he is waiting for the prayer and the angels are seeking forgiveness for him. But if he leaves and does not return, that is what the prohibition came regarding. Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) saw a man leave the mosque after the adhan, so Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) said, "As for this man, he has disobeyed Abu al-Qasim (peace and blessings be upon him)." So if he leaves with the intention that he will not return, this is not permissible unless he has an excuse, such as the imam of a mosque who goes to pray with his congregation, or the mu'adhdhin of a mosque who goes to call the adhan in his mosque, or he has an appointment with a person and cannot break the appointment and it would harm the person, so he goes to pray in the mosque where he has the appointment. If he has an excuse, there is no harm. If he has an excuse for leaving and praying in another mosque, there is no harm. But if he has no excuse, then this is not permissible for him, meaning.
The presenter:
In the case of the one who leaves without an excuse.
The Shaykh:
He wants to return. The important thing is if he wants to return, the matter is lighter, but he misses the virtue of waiting, waiting for the prayer in the mosque.
So we said that the one who leaves the mosque after the adhan has three cases. The first case is that he leaves with the intention of returning, so he misses the reward of waiting, he misses the reward of waiting for the prayer and staying in the mosque, and there is a deficiency upon him. The second case is that he leaves the mosque after the adhan and does not return to it, but he has an excuse, such as being the imam in another mosque or the mu'adhdhin there, or he has an appointment with a person and cannot break the appointment and it would harm the person, so he goes to pray in another mosque for the sake of the appointment. This is a legal excuse, not because he left out of desire to abandon the good, but because he left with an excuse. The third case is that he leaves and does not intend to return and has no excuse, so this is the place of the warning.
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