Is a person’s prayer in his home without an excuse accepted, and what is the way to overcome Satan’s whispers in prayer?
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Question:
A student in the general secondary school asks a number of questions: Is a person’s prayer in his home without an excuse accepted, or is it obligatory and binding to pray in the mosque, based on the Prophetic hadith: “Whoever hears the call to prayer and does not respond, there is no prayer for him”? And what is the way to overcome Satan’s whispers in prayer? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
This has been answered previously: It is not permissible to pray in the home or elsewhere, and it is not permissible to abandon the congregational prayer for one who hears the call. It is obligatory for the one who hears the call to respond to the caller and attend the congregational prayer in the mosque. This is the obligatory duty. So if one is afflicted with laziness regarding the congregational prayer and prays in his home, he must repent to Allah the Exalted and be consistent with the congregational prayer in the mosque with the Muslims. Yes.
A student in the general secondary school asks a number of questions: Is a person’s prayer in his home without an excuse accepted, or is it obligatory and binding to pray in the mosque, based on the Prophetic hadith: “Whoever hears the call to prayer and does not respond, there is no prayer for him”? And what is the way to overcome Satan’s whispers in prayer? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
This has been answered previously: It is not permissible to pray in the home or elsewhere, and it is not permissible to abandon the congregational prayer for one who hears the call. It is obligatory for the one who hears the call to respond to the caller and attend the congregational prayer in the mosque. This is the obligatory duty. So if one is afflicted with laziness regarding the congregational prayer and prays in his home, he must repent to Allah the Exalted and be consistent with the congregational prayer in the mosque with the Muslims. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل تقبل صلاة المرء في البيت دون عذر، وما السبيل في التغلب على وساوس الشيطان في الصلاة؟ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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