The virtue of the old mosque and the one with the larger congregation
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, is there a report in the Sunnah that praying in old mosques is better than praying in new ones, and likewise for those in which the Friday prayer is performed?
Answer:
Yes, the jurists mentioned that the old mosque is better than the new one because obedience in it began earlier, and they mentioned that the mosque with the larger congregation is better than the one with the smaller congregation. So if there is a mosque with a larger congregation, being with the larger group is better than being with the smaller one. Yes. And likewise, the congregational mosque and any other mosque with a larger congregation, whether it is the congregational mosque or another one that has the larger congregation. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, is there a report in the Sunnah that praying in old mosques is better than praying in new ones, and likewise for those in which the Friday prayer is performed?
Answer:
Yes, the jurists mentioned that the old mosque is better than the new one because obedience in it began earlier, and they mentioned that the mosque with the larger congregation is better than the one with the smaller congregation. So if there is a mosque with a larger congregation, being with the larger group is better than being with the smaller one. Yes. And likewise, the congregational mosque and any other mosque with a larger congregation, whether it is the congregational mosque or another one that has the larger congregation. Yes.
Source
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