What is the ruling on one who is required by the school to perform the prayer with the students, while the mosque is close to the school?
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. I am a questioner who says: I am a teacher, and the administration requires me to perform the prayer with the students, knowing that the mosque is close to the school. Sometimes I hear the prayer being performed in the mosque while we are in the classroom. Is that permissible, or is it obligatory for us to respond to the call?
Answer:
It is better to respond to the call and go to the mosque. However, if your remaining in the school serves the interest of supervising the students and obliging them to pray, then this is a good deed. Leaving the mosque for this great interest, which is supervising the students in prayer and keeping them in order, is a good deed and cooperation in righteousness and piety.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. I am a questioner who says: I am a teacher, and the administration requires me to perform the prayer with the students, knowing that the mosque is close to the school. Sometimes I hear the prayer being performed in the mosque while we are in the classroom. Is that permissible, or is it obligatory for us to respond to the call?
Answer:
It is better to respond to the call and go to the mosque. However, if your remaining in the school serves the interest of supervising the students and obliging them to pray, then this is a good deed. Leaving the mosque for this great interest, which is supervising the students in prayer and keeping them in order, is a good deed and cooperation in righteousness and piety.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم من تلزمه المدرسة بأداء الصلاة مع التلاميذ مع أن المسجد قريب من المدرسة؟ — youtube.com
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