The Ruling on Deliberately Abandoning the Congregational Prayer While Able
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what about a person who maintains the prayer at its time, but deliberately abandons the congregational prayer while he is able to attend? Is this action considered one of the major sins?
Answer:
Yes, abandoning the congregation is one of the major sins without a doubt, but there is something more severe than this. Some scholars say that the prayer is not valid except with the congregation. The Shaykh al-Islam holds that praying in congregation, when one is able, is a condition for the validity of the prayer, based on the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him)Sahih Ibn Hibban 10:352
This indicates that the congregational prayer is a condition for the validity of the prayer when one is able to perform it. At the very least, it is obligatory, and abandoning the congregation is one of the major sins, and the prayer is valid but accompanied by sin. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what about a person who maintains the prayer at its time, but deliberately abandons the congregational prayer while he is able to attend? Is this action considered one of the major sins?
Answer:
Yes, abandoning the congregation is one of the major sins without a doubt, but there is something more severe than this. Some scholars say that the prayer is not valid except with the congregation. The Shaykh al-Islam holds that praying in congregation, when one is able, is a condition for the validity of the prayer, based on the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him)
Whoever hears the call to prayer and does not respond, he has no prayer except for one who has an excuse.
من سمع النداء فلم يجب فلا صلاة له إلا من عذر.This indicates that the congregational prayer is a condition for the validity of the prayer when one is able to perform it. At the very least, it is obligatory, and abandoning the congregation is one of the major sins, and the prayer is valid but accompanied by sin. Yes.
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