Entering the congregation for one who is present while the prayer is being established
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: If a person is present and the prayer is being established, is it obligatory for him to pray with them, whether they are in a mosque or in any other place?
Answer:
No, in a mosque. As for any other place, if it is not a mosque, then no. But if they are in a mosque, he enters with them. This is the apparent ruling of obligation. He does not sit while they are praying, because that is a picture of division and difference.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: If a person is present and the prayer is being established, is it obligatory for him to pray with them, whether they are in a mosque or in any other place?
Answer:
No, in a mosque. As for any other place, if it is not a mosque, then no. But if they are in a mosque, he enters with them. This is the apparent ruling of obligation. He does not sit while they are praying, because that is a picture of division and difference.
Source
المنتقى من أخبار سيد المرسلين 27-01-1435هـ — alfawzan.live (46:39)
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