The Ruling on Abandoning the Friday Prayer and Congregational Prayer
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Question:
A woman says: My husband prays the Friday prayer at home, and he prays the other prayers at home as well. When we advise him, he says that this is permissible.
Answer:
This is not permissible unless he has an excuse. If he has a valid religious excuse, it is permissible for him to pray at home. But if he has no excuse and he hears the call to prayer, he must go to it. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Sunan Ibn Majah 793Sahih (Darussalam) Sunan Abi Dawud 551 And the one who does not pray the Friday prayer or the congregational prayer is in great danger. Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him or both of them) was asked—or rather, the questioner asked him—saying: A man stands in prayer at night and fasts by day, but he does not attend the Friday prayer or the congregational prayer. He said: He is in the Fire. Ibn Abbas would not say something like this based on his own independent reasoning; rather, it is a ruling traced back to the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). Yes.
A woman says: My husband prays the Friday prayer at home, and he prays the other prayers at home as well. When we advise him, he says that this is permissible.
Answer:
This is not permissible unless he has an excuse. If he has a valid religious excuse, it is permissible for him to pray at home. But if he has no excuse and he hears the call to prayer, he must go to it. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
Whoever hears the call and does not come, his prayer is not valid, except for those who have an excuse.
من سمع النداء فلم يأته فلا صلاة له إلا من عذر،he was asked what an excuse consisted of and replied that it was fear or illness
قيل وما العذر؟ قال خوف او مرض
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/020 — archive.org (1:50)
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