The ruling on the ma'mum bowing with the imam of a neighboring mosque due to the sound of the microphone
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The questioner:
May Allah reward you. Abu Khalid says: In this, I pray the obligatory prayers in our neighborhood mosque, praise be to Allah, and I am consistent with them. In the winter season, Honorable Shaykh (may Allah preserve you), the windows are open and the air conditioners are closed. Due to the quietness of the time, we sometimes say the takbir with the imam of the mosque next to us. More than once, I said the takbir with him because the sound of the microphone reaches us while we are in the mosque. I often bowed in error because I considered him to be the imam of our mosque. What is the ruling on my bowing in error in several prayers? Do I have to repeat my prayers?
The Shaykh:
It is not permissible for a person to pray outside the mosque, in a house or elsewhere, while the mosque is spacious. Rather, he must go to the mosque and pray. Even if women want to pray with the congregation, they go, just as the female Companions used to do. So the one who wants to pray with the mosque congregation goes to the mosque and does not pray in his house while following the imam.
The presenter:
Yes.
The Shaykh:
Honorable Shaykh, he prays in their mosque. He says he is consistent with the obligatory prayers, but the sound of the second mosque enters their mosque, so he bows with the imam of the nearby mosque. This is also one of the negatives of some mosque imams leaving the speakers on at a high volume that extends beyond the mosque they are in to other mosques, disturbing the houses and disturbing the mosques. This is a matter that is not permissible because it harms the Muslims, and it causes disturbance to them. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade those who pray and raise their voices in prayer; he forbade them from raising their voices because some of them would disturb others. So this is a matter that requires attention, and it is obligatory for mosque imams to fear Allah, not to harm the people, and not to harm the mosques around them. But if a person forgets and says the takbir with an imam outside the mosque, if it was the takbir of intention, his prayer is not valid. But if it was other than the takbir of intention, this falls under the category of forgetfulness. And if it is a matter of forgetfulness, he owes nothing for it.
May Allah reward you. Abu Khalid says: In this, I pray the obligatory prayers in our neighborhood mosque, praise be to Allah, and I am consistent with them. In the winter season, Honorable Shaykh (may Allah preserve you), the windows are open and the air conditioners are closed. Due to the quietness of the time, we sometimes say the takbir with the imam of the mosque next to us. More than once, I said the takbir with him because the sound of the microphone reaches us while we are in the mosque. I often bowed in error because I considered him to be the imam of our mosque. What is the ruling on my bowing in error in several prayers? Do I have to repeat my prayers?
The Shaykh:
It is not permissible for a person to pray outside the mosque, in a house or elsewhere, while the mosque is spacious. Rather, he must go to the mosque and pray. Even if women want to pray with the congregation, they go, just as the female Companions used to do. So the one who wants to pray with the mosque congregation goes to the mosque and does not pray in his house while following the imam.
The presenter:
Yes.
The Shaykh:
Honorable Shaykh, he prays in their mosque. He says he is consistent with the obligatory prayers, but the sound of the second mosque enters their mosque, so he bows with the imam of the nearby mosque. This is also one of the negatives of some mosque imams leaving the speakers on at a high volume that extends beyond the mosque they are in to other mosques, disturbing the houses and disturbing the mosques. This is a matter that is not permissible because it harms the Muslims, and it causes disturbance to them. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade those who pray and raise their voices in prayer; he forbade them from raising their voices because some of them would disturb others. So this is a matter that requires attention, and it is obligatory for mosque imams to fear Allah, not to harm the people, and not to harm the mosques around them. But if a person forgets and says the takbir with an imam outside the mosque, if it was the takbir of intention, his prayer is not valid. But if it was other than the takbir of intention, this falls under the category of forgetfulness. And if it is a matter of forgetfulness, he owes nothing for it.
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