The Friday Prayer in the Open Desert Outside the City
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The questioner:
The Honorable Shaykh told us: We went outside Riyadh, a group of young men, and we set up camp in a place near a campsite, and there were many of us.
The Shaykh:
Yes.
The questioner:
We went outside Riyadh, a group of young men, and we prayed with a complete congregation, meaning with a large group. We were in the open desert. Is their prayer valid, or is it better than yours?
The Shaykh:
It is not valid. If you were in the open desert, it is not valid, so you must repeat it as the midday prayer. However, if you were near the city, pray with the people of the city, pray with the people of the city in the mosques in the city. The result is that your prayer is not valid, so you must repeat it as the midday prayer.
The Honorable Shaykh told us: We went outside Riyadh, a group of young men, and we set up camp in a place near a campsite, and there were many of us.
The Shaykh:
Yes.
The questioner:
We went outside Riyadh, a group of young men, and we prayed with a complete congregation, meaning with a large group. We were in the open desert. Is their prayer valid, or is it better than yours?
The Shaykh:
It is not valid. If you were in the open desert, it is not valid, so you must repeat it as the midday prayer. However, if you were near the city, pray with the people of the city, pray with the people of the city in the mosques in the city. The result is that your prayer is not valid, so you must repeat it as the midday prayer.
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The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.