The ruling on a principal preventing teachers from praying in the mosque
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Question:
This is the best place for schools nowadays. He says: I am a teacher near the mosque, and the principal prevents us from praying in the mosque? He requires us to pray in congregation at the school. Yes, he says: I am a teacher, near the school, but the principal prevents us so that we pray with the students.
Answer:
By Allah, this is an ijtihad (independent legal reasoning) by Shaykh Hamzah (may Allah have mercy on him), a fatwa (scholarly legal ruling) permitting it out of dire necessity for the sake of recognition, considering the students, and being cautious regarding their safety. However, if it is easy for them to pray in the mosque, that is better. If it is easy for all of them, even the students, to pray there, that is the case. But if dire necessity does not call for praying with them, then there is no harm, if Allah wills, for the sake of public benefit.
This is the best place for schools nowadays. He says: I am a teacher near the mosque, and the principal prevents us from praying in the mosque? He requires us to pray in congregation at the school. Yes, he says: I am a teacher, near the school, but the principal prevents us so that we pray with the students.
Answer:
By Allah, this is an ijtihad (independent legal reasoning) by Shaykh Hamzah (may Allah have mercy on him), a fatwa (scholarly legal ruling) permitting it out of dire necessity for the sake of recognition, considering the students, and being cautious regarding their safety. However, if it is easy for them to pray in the mosque, that is better. If it is easy for all of them, even the students, to pray there, that is the case. But if dire necessity does not call for praying with them, then there is no harm, if Allah wills, for the sake of public benefit.
Source
لقاءات لابن باز - لقاء مع إخوة في الله - ابن باز - ٦ — archive.org (27:48)
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