Following the mosques for the sake of the imam or the lesson
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Question:
And Shaykh Abu Bakr has spoken, and his statement is silent, and he said to keep your children away and be lenient, but it is established from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) the prohibition of following the mosques, so how can they be arranged?
Answer:
The prohibition of following the mosques is not established; I do not know of this. I do not know that it is in a hadith prohibiting following the mosques. If his going is intended for one of the mosques for a valid purpose, there is no harm. There may be a lesson there and he prays with them, or the congregation may be larger, or the mosque may be old, meaning it has a virtue over other mosques, and he intends it for that reason, and his going does not result in harm to the nearby mosque, then there is no harm in that. Yes.
And Shaykh Abu Bakr has spoken, and his statement is silent, and he said to keep your children away and be lenient, but it is established from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) the prohibition of following the mosques, so how can they be arranged?
Answer:
The prohibition of following the mosques is not established; I do not know of this. I do not know that it is in a hadith prohibiting following the mosques. If his going is intended for one of the mosques for a valid purpose, there is no harm. There may be a lesson there and he prays with them, or the congregation may be larger, or the mosque may be old, meaning it has a virtue over other mosques, and he intends it for that reason, and his going does not result in harm to the nearby mosque, then there is no harm in that. Yes.
Source
الفوزان -أشرطة- شرح زاد المستقنع مع الأسئلة - 020-كتاب الصلاة -11- صلاة الجماعة - 27-7-21 هـ — archive.org (1:09:55)
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