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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Advice for those who chase mosques in Ramadan until they miss part of the prayer

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Question:
May Allah reward you. This questioner says: Some of the young men occupy themselves in Ramadan by chasing voices and mosques; one day they are at a mosque in the east, and one day in the west, and so on, until some of them miss part of the prayer. What is your advice for these people?

Answer:
The purpose of standing in prayer in Ramadan is to seek the reward, not to chase which voice is the best. The purpose is to seek the reward in standing, bowing, prostrating, supplicating, and giving to Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He). As for the one whose only intention is listening to the voices, he has no share of the reward. He has no share of the reward, because he did not come to pray; he came to listen to the voice. This one is better than that one, and this one is better than that one. His only intention is the voice, while his intention is the prayer. His intention is which imam has the best voice. It is not permissible for a Muslim to follow this course. My intention as a Muslim is that the prayer is an act of worship. As for the voice, it is a secondary matter and not the intended purpose. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [86/186] نصيحة لمن يتتبع المساجد في رمضان حتى يفوته بعض الصلاة - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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