What is the response to those who say: There is no evidence for closing shops during the prayers except on Friday only?

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Question:
The Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, says: We hear people demanding and repeatedly demanding evidence for closing shops during the obligatory prayers, and they say that the evidence is specific to Friday only. What is the response to such a claim?

Answer:
This is what deserves a response from those who refute it; it is trivial and does not deserve a response. However, he has read the saying of Allah the Exalted:

in mosques which Allah has ordered to be raised and that His name be mentioned therein; exalting Him within them in the morning and the evenings ⁽³⁷⁾ [Are] men whom neither commerce nor sale distracts from the remembrance of Allah and performance of prayer and giving of zakah

فِي بُيُوتٍ أَذِنَ اللَّهُ أَن تُرْفَعَ وَيُذْكَرَ فِيهَا اسْمُهُ يُسَبِّحُ لَهُ فِيهَا بِالْغُدُوِّ وَالْآصَالِ رِجَالٌ لَّا تُلْهِيهِمْ تِجَارَةٌ وَلَا بَيْعٌ عَن ذِكْرِ اللَّهِ وَإِقَامِ الصَّلَاةِ وَإِيتَاءِ الزَّكَاةِ

[An-Nur 24:36-37]

And, and consider the adhan, which contains "Hayya 'ala al-salah, hayya 'ala al-falah." What does "hayya" mean? It means "come" or "approach." The one who remains and does not come is a transgressor against the adhan and one who opposes the adhan. But in reality, this does not deserve a response because it is trivial and his speech is defective. He is not a student of knowledge, nor is he a journalist; rather, he is one afflicted, and the press is afflicted by him. Or is he not a journalist? He is less than a journalist. Yes.

Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [470 -2802] ما الرد على من يقول: لم يرد دليل على إغلاق المحلات وقت الصلوات إلا يوم الجمعة فقط؟ — youtube.com

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