The Ruling on Negligence in the Fajr Prayer
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The questioner:
May Allah bless you. One of the brothers sent this question, saying: I am very negligent in the Fajr prayer. He asks: What is the ruling on one who is negligent in this, even though the mosque is close to me, but I wake up late from sleep?
The Shaykh:
This is forbidden for you, not permissible for you, and invalid from you. You must get up for the prayer with the Muslims. If you cannot do that, you should have something to wake you up at the time or around that time, or you should instruct someone around you to wake you up. It is not permissible for you to surrender to sleep and leave the prayer with the congregation. Yes.
The questioner:
Some of them, O Shaykh, make excuses based on the length of their working hours.
The Shaykh:
This is not an excuse. The prayer is more obligatory than work. Yes.
May Allah bless you. One of the brothers sent this question, saying: I am very negligent in the Fajr prayer. He asks: What is the ruling on one who is negligent in this, even though the mosque is close to me, but I wake up late from sleep?
The Shaykh:
This is forbidden for you, not permissible for you, and invalid from you. You must get up for the prayer with the Muslims. If you cannot do that, you should have something to wake you up at the time or around that time, or you should instruct someone around you to wake you up. It is not permissible for you to surrender to sleep and leave the prayer with the congregation. Yes.
The questioner:
Some of them, O Shaykh, make excuses based on the length of their working hours.
The Shaykh:
This is not an excuse. The prayer is more obligatory than work. Yes.
Source
قناة «إذاعة القرآن الكريم»، نورعلى الدرب مع معالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان ح7520 — youtube.com (1:38)
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