Advice for one who prays at home out of fear for his safety
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Question:
May Allah reward you with good and do you well. A listener from Yemen, who indicated his name by the letters M, 'Ayn, and Sad, says: I am a young man of fifteen years old. I want to go out to pray the Fajr prayer, but my family does not want me to and they fear for me, because the mosque is far from our house. I pray the rest of the prayers in the mosque. Is my prayer at home valid, even though I hear the adhan? What do you advise me to do, and what do you advise my family? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
If there is a confirmed fear that prevents you from going to the mosque, then you are excused in praying at home at the end of the night. However, if there is no confirmed fear—and this is the reality, if Allah wills, in the lands of the Muslims, especially these safe lands, praise be to Allah—and people also walk to the mosque, and in most cases the roads are not devoid of Muslims going to the mosque, then if you are in a neighborhood where people go to the mosque, the way is safe, by the permission of Allah. But if there is a confirmed fear, such as being in an unsafe country, and you fear for real things, then you are excused in praying at home. This prayer
May Allah reward you with good and do you well. A listener from Yemen, who indicated his name by the letters M, 'Ayn, and Sad, says: I am a young man of fifteen years old. I want to go out to pray the Fajr prayer, but my family does not want me to and they fear for me, because the mosque is far from our house. I pray the rest of the prayers in the mosque. Is my prayer at home valid, even though I hear the adhan? What do you advise me to do, and what do you advise my family? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
If there is a confirmed fear that prevents you from going to the mosque, then you are excused in praying at home at the end of the night. However, if there is no confirmed fear—and this is the reality, if Allah wills, in the lands of the Muslims, especially these safe lands, praise be to Allah—and people also walk to the mosque, and in most cases the roads are not devoid of Muslims going to the mosque, then if you are in a neighborhood where people go to the mosque, the way is safe, by the permission of Allah. But if there is a confirmed fear, such as being in an unsafe country, and you fear for real things, then you are excused in praying at home. This prayer
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 4990- نصيحة لمن يصلي في البيت لخوف أهله عليه - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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