Fear for One’s Life and the Hadith of the Blind Man Regarding Abandoning Congregational Prayer
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The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, one of the excuses that drop the obligation of congregational prayer is a person’s fear for his own life. So how is the hadith of the blind man answered, in which the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not grant him a dispensation despite the presence of wild beasts between him and the mosque?
The Shaykh:
Because the blind man can have a guide lead him to the mosque, because he was considered to be without a guide; he can have a guide lead him to the mosque.
The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, the author (may Allah have mercy on him) said:
The Shaykh:
But if it happens that he does not find a guide, and there is fear between him and the mosque, he is excused. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, one of the excuses that drop the obligation of congregational prayer is a person’s fear for his own life. So how is the hadith of the blind man answered, in which the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not grant him a dispensation despite the presence of wild beasts between him and the mosque?
The Shaykh:
Because the blind man can have a guide lead him to the mosque, because he was considered to be without a guide; he can have a guide lead him to the mosque.
The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, the author (may Allah have mercy on him) said:
The Shaykh:
But if it happens that he does not find a guide, and there is fear between him and the mosque, he is excused. Yes.
Source
الفوزان -أشرطة- شرح زاد المستقنع مع الأسئلة - 022-كتاب الصلاة -١٣- أحكام الاقتداء - ١٨-٨-٢١ هـ — archive.org (1:07:54)
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