Is it permissible for the cooks in a restaurant to pray in congregation in the kitchen if they fear that the food will burn if they leave?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: I am the owner of a restaurant and I have three Muslim cooks. He says: I have a problem, which is that if they go out to pray in congregation, what they are cooking might burn. So, is it permissible for them to pray in congregation in the kitchen?
Answer:
Yes, if the food is burning, they pray there to preserve it and fix it. It is not permissible to waste money or leave it to thieves or to burning or to loss. Yes, this is an excuse.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: I am the owner of a restaurant and I have three Muslim cooks. He says: I have a problem, which is that if they go out to pray in congregation, what they are cooking might burn. So, is it permissible for them to pray in congregation in the kitchen?
Answer:
Yes, if the food is burning, they pray there to preserve it and fix it. It is not permissible to waste money or leave it to thieves or to burning or to loss. Yes, this is an excuse.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [318 -3022] هل يجوز للطباخين في المطعم أن يصلوا جماعة في المطبخ إذا خشِيَ احتراق الطعام إن هم ذهبوا؟ — youtube.com
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