Prayer on the side of the road and the virtue of the traveler’s prayer in the open
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: Is there a reported virtue for a traveler to pray with those accompanying him on the side of the road, without intending to go to some of the mosques? The virtue. Is there a reported virtue for a traveler to pray with those accompanying him on the side of the road?
The Shaykh:
The side of the road, my brother, is not a place where one prays. Prayer on the side of the road is prohibited. Yes. I mean, does he pray it alone or does he not pray with the people? Or is that not what I mean? Yes.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: If I miss the night prayer
The Shaykh:
No, give us the question. This one has not been clarified. The question was not clarified. Yes.
The questioner:
He says: Is there a reported virtue for a traveler to pray with those accompanying him on the side of the road?
The Shaykh:
One does not pray on the side of the road, neither obligatory nor voluntary prayer. Yes.
The questioner:
He says: Without intending to go to some of the mosques to pray in congregation with the worshippers in the mosque, where I heard a hadith reported regarding the virtue of the traveler’s prayer in the open compared to the virtue of his prayer in the mosque, so I wanted to confirm that.
The Shaykh:
Where is this hadith? We have never seen it, nor have we heard of it. We have never seen it, nor have we heard of it, this hadith. What was reported regarding the virtue of prayer in the open is for the one who is alone, who calls the adhan and prays alone, like a shepherd of sheep and the like, which is what was reported in the hadith. Yes. But if you hear the adhan from a mosque near you and you pray alone, that is not permissible. This is not allowed. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: Is there a reported virtue for a traveler to pray with those accompanying him on the side of the road, without intending to go to some of the mosques? The virtue. Is there a reported virtue for a traveler to pray with those accompanying him on the side of the road?
The Shaykh:
The side of the road, my brother, is not a place where one prays. Prayer on the side of the road is prohibited. Yes. I mean, does he pray it alone or does he not pray with the people? Or is that not what I mean? Yes.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: If I miss the night prayer
The Shaykh:
No, give us the question. This one has not been clarified. The question was not clarified. Yes.
The questioner:
He says: Is there a reported virtue for a traveler to pray with those accompanying him on the side of the road?
The Shaykh:
One does not pray on the side of the road, neither obligatory nor voluntary prayer. Yes.
The questioner:
He says: Without intending to go to some of the mosques to pray in congregation with the worshippers in the mosque, where I heard a hadith reported regarding the virtue of the traveler’s prayer in the open compared to the virtue of his prayer in the mosque, so I wanted to confirm that.
The Shaykh:
Where is this hadith? We have never seen it, nor have we heard of it. We have never seen it, nor have we heard of it, this hadith. What was reported regarding the virtue of prayer in the open is for the one who is alone, who calls the adhan and prays alone, like a shepherd of sheep and the like, which is what was reported in the hadith. Yes. But if you hear the adhan from a mosque near you and you pray alone, that is not permissible. This is not allowed. Yes.
Source
المنتقى من أخبار سيد المرسلين [37] — alfawzan.live (52:10)
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