The ruling on leaving the prayer in a mosque where the Friday prayer is not held
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The questioner:
This questioner says: A person does not pray in the mosque near his home on the grounds that the Friday prayer is not held there, and he does not pray except in the mosques where the Friday prayer is held.
The Shaykh:
This is a great error, and there is no basis for it. He prays in the mosques around him, whether the Friday prayer is held there or not. They are all houses of Allah, and they are all mosques. Who said that the congregational prayer is not valid except in a mosque where the Friday prayer is held? This has no basis. However, it appears that this is due to laziness, and he is seeking an excuse for himself. It is not permissible for him to do so. Yes.
The questioner:
And if this is a matter of strictness, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh:
No, it is not a matter of strictness; it is a matter of laxity. Yes.
This questioner says: A person does not pray in the mosque near his home on the grounds that the Friday prayer is not held there, and he does not pray except in the mosques where the Friday prayer is held.
The Shaykh:
This is a great error, and there is no basis for it. He prays in the mosques around him, whether the Friday prayer is held there or not. They are all houses of Allah, and they are all mosques. Who said that the congregational prayer is not valid except in a mosque where the Friday prayer is held? This has no basis. However, it appears that this is due to laziness, and he is seeking an excuse for himself. It is not permissible for him to do so. Yes.
The questioner:
And if this is a matter of strictness, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh:
No, it is not a matter of strictness; it is a matter of laxity. Yes.
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 02/282 — archive.org (17:26)
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