The Ruling on Praying the Friday Prayer in a Mosque with an Open Roof
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Question:
Salih, may Allah preserve you and bless you. Abu Naif from Yemen says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah reward you with good. I built a large mosque, ten meters by twenty meters, but I was unable to complete the roof. I covered it with sacks to protect it from the sun so that we could pray the Friday prayer in it. There are open houses around the mosque because it is located on higher ground. After the Friday prayer, one of the worshippers from the neighbors of the mosque prevented people from attending the mosque for the Friday prayer, claiming that the mosque exposes the houses and that it is not permissible to pray in it until it is covered and windows are installed to screen the village. Is it permissible for us to pray in our houses and leave the mosque until we are able to complete it, given that there is no nearby mosque and the Friday prayer is difficult for many of the elderly? Please advise us, may Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
You pray the Friday prayer in this place, and you remind the owners of the houses to cover their houses and not to let any of their women come out during the prayer. Yes.
The presenter:
Temporarily, until the mosque is completed.
Salih, may Allah preserve you and bless you. Abu Naif from Yemen says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah reward you with good. I built a large mosque, ten meters by twenty meters, but I was unable to complete the roof. I covered it with sacks to protect it from the sun so that we could pray the Friday prayer in it. There are open houses around the mosque because it is located on higher ground. After the Friday prayer, one of the worshippers from the neighbors of the mosque prevented people from attending the mosque for the Friday prayer, claiming that the mosque exposes the houses and that it is not permissible to pray in it until it is covered and windows are installed to screen the village. Is it permissible for us to pray in our houses and leave the mosque until we are able to complete it, given that there is no nearby mosque and the Friday prayer is difficult for many of the elderly? Please advise us, may Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
You pray the Friday prayer in this place, and you remind the owners of the houses to cover their houses and not to let any of their women come out during the prayer. Yes.
The presenter:
Temporarily, until the mosque is completed.
Source
قناة «إذاعة القرآن الكريم»، نور على الدرب مع معالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان ح7481 — youtube.com (2:41)
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