The ruling on praying in the mosques of gas stations
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The questioner:
May Allah preserve you. Our Shaykh, in these days, the mosques in the stations have multiplied; the prayer rooms in the stations have multiplied. Gas stations?
The Shaykh:
Yes, it is well known.
The questioner:
Many people lead the prayer there to escape praying in congregation in their own mosques. Sometimes the sun sets for the 'Asr prayer, and people are still frequenting these mosques, praying 'Asr in scattered groups. So what is your guidance, guests of the Shaykh?
The Shaykh:
Passersby. They are the ones who pray in these mosques. When they arrive there, and the time is ample, praise be to Allah, the time for 'Asr, the choice is until... The choice, yes. Inside the cities. The choice is until the shadow of a thing becomes equal to it, and until the sun turns yellow, and the necessity of the setting of the sun. All of this is the time for 'Asr. This is on the roads. But in the cities, it is not permissible. It is not permissible for a person to leave the mosque next to him and go to the mosques of the stations. He prays in the mosque next to him at the time of prayer.
May Allah preserve you. Our Shaykh, in these days, the mosques in the stations have multiplied; the prayer rooms in the stations have multiplied. Gas stations?
The Shaykh:
Yes, it is well known.
The questioner:
Many people lead the prayer there to escape praying in congregation in their own mosques. Sometimes the sun sets for the 'Asr prayer, and people are still frequenting these mosques, praying 'Asr in scattered groups. So what is your guidance, guests of the Shaykh?
The Shaykh:
Passersby. They are the ones who pray in these mosques. When they arrive there, and the time is ample, praise be to Allah, the time for 'Asr, the choice is until... The choice, yes. Inside the cities. The choice is until the shadow of a thing becomes equal to it, and until the sun turns yellow, and the necessity of the setting of the sun. All of this is the time for 'Asr. This is on the roads. But in the cities, it is not permissible. It is not permissible for a person to leave the mosque next to him and go to the mosques of the stations. He prays in the mosque next to him at the time of prayer.
Source
لقاء مفتوح — alfawzan.live (34:49)
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