Standing in Night Prayer in Congregation
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: If I stand up for the night prayer, and two or more people stand up with me and I lead them, is this valid?
The Shaykh:
Yes. If you gather without a fixed schedule and without making it a regular habit, there is no harm. You may pray the night prayer in congregation, provided it is not done regularly or on a fixed schedule. For example, if one person comes and prays with you, or two, or ten, or a hundred—may Allah bless you—if you have a hundred guests and you pray, and they all pray with you, that is fine because it is a coincidence; it is not a regular habit. When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to stand up to pray at night, Ibn Abbas was a small child at his aunt Maymunah’s (may Allah be pleased with her) place. He stood up, performed ablution, and prayed with the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) allowed him to do so. So there is no harm in praying the night prayer in congregation, but not on a fixed schedule and not as a regular habit, only occasionally. Yes.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
Hudhayfah ibn al-Yaman stood up with the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), but this was not on a fixed schedule. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: If I stand up for the night prayer, and two or more people stand up with me and I lead them, is this valid?
The Shaykh:
Yes. If you gather without a fixed schedule and without making it a regular habit, there is no harm. You may pray the night prayer in congregation, provided it is not done regularly or on a fixed schedule. For example, if one person comes and prays with you, or two, or ten, or a hundred—may Allah bless you—if you have a hundred guests and you pray, and they all pray with you, that is fine because it is a coincidence; it is not a regular habit. When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to stand up to pray at night, Ibn Abbas was a small child at his aunt Maymunah’s (may Allah be pleased with her) place. He stood up, performed ablution, and prayed with the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) allowed him to do so. So there is no harm in praying the night prayer in congregation, but not on a fixed schedule and not as a regular habit, only occasionally. Yes.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
Hudhayfah ibn al-Yaman stood up with the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), but this was not on a fixed schedule. Yes.
Source
المنتقى من أخبار سيد المرسلين 18-05-1434هـ — alfawzan.live (59:55)
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