There is a highway between them and the mosque where many run-over accidents occur; does this excuse them from congregational prayer?
Machine translationRead the Arabic original
Question:
In his second question, he says: We, the truck drivers, are in a region like Riyadh, for example, and we take a day or two off as travelers. There is a mosque about a kilometer away from us, and there is a highway between us and the mosque. Several run-over accidents and deaths have occurred there. Is it permissible for us to pray by our vehicles, or is it obligatory to pray in the mosque?
Answer:
If the situation is as you described, and that a highway stands between you and the mosque, where crossing it entails the fear of being run over or involved in accidents, then this is an excuse that permits you to pray by your vehicles. Allah the Exalted said:[Al-Baqarah 2:195], and because this fear stands between you and the mosque, and fear is among the excuses that drop the obligation of Friday prayer and congregational prayer. Yes.
In his second question, he says: We, the truck drivers, are in a region like Riyadh, for example, and we take a day or two off as travelers. There is a mosque about a kilometer away from us, and there is a highway between us and the mosque. Several run-over accidents and deaths have occurred there. Is it permissible for us to pray by our vehicles, or is it obligatory to pray in the mosque?
Answer:
If the situation is as you described, and that a highway stands between you and the mosque, where crossing it entails the fear of being run over or involved in accidents, then this is an excuse that permits you to pray by your vehicles. Allah the Exalted said:
and do not throw [yourselves] with your [own] hands into destruction [by refraining]
وَلَا تُلْقُوا بِأَيْدِيكُمْ إِلَى التَّهْلُكَةِ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 5418- بينهم وبين المسجد طريق سريع تكثر عنده حوادث الدهس فهل تسقط عنهم الجماعة فيه؟ - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.