Prayer from hotels overlooking the Sacred Mosque
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: Sometimes we pray the obligatory prayer at the Sacred Mosque, following the imam, while we are in hotels that overlook the Sacred Mosque, and we may not see the imam. Is what we do permissible?
Answer:
No, if you do not see the imam or the people behind him, this is not permissible because you are outside the mosque. Prayer is permissible even if you do not see the imam if you hear his voice, provided you are inside the mosque. As for outside the mosque, the condition is that you must see the imam or see the people behind him. It is also necessary that there be no street or passage between you and the imam and those behind him. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: Sometimes we pray the obligatory prayer at the Sacred Mosque, following the imam, while we are in hotels that overlook the Sacred Mosque, and we may not see the imam. Is what we do permissible?
Answer:
No, if you do not see the imam or the people behind him, this is not permissible because you are outside the mosque. Prayer is permissible even if you do not see the imam if you hear his voice, provided you are inside the mosque. As for outside the mosque, the condition is that you must see the imam or see the people behind him. It is also necessary that there be no street or passage between you and the imam and those behind him. Yes.
Source
المنتقى من أخبار سيد المرسلين 01-04-1435هـ — alfawzan.live (45:10)
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