What is the ruling on being negligent in prayer and delaying it past its time?
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The questioner:
Another person says: Without despair or hopelessness, I am writing to you for the fourth time. I have previously written to Your Eminence three times before, and in one of them I stated that I work in one of the departments of the Ministry of Health. I find many things that cause me pain, the most severe being when the call to prayer is made. There is a newspaper vendor standing with his customers, and the call to prayer is being made; and there is a cafeteria owner who gathers his patrons, in addition to those who remain in their offices during the prayer. I have a suggestion, which I hope Allah will facilitate in its implementation: that letters be written to the ministries, and in turn they write to the entities under their jurisdiction regarding the necessity of maintaining the establishment of prayer, and preventing these people from hindering people from worshipping Allah.
The Shaykh:
This has been written to them how many times, but perhaps Allah will guide them to implement it. The authorities have issued general directives to them how many times, but the calamity is the lack of implementation and the lack of strict supervision of these people. I ask Allah to help them and guide them so that they may be upright upon the truth, and so that the beneficial, Sharia-based orders are implemented.
The presenter:
Yes.
The Shaykh:
We praise Allah for His Book.
Another person says: Without despair or hopelessness, I am writing to you for the fourth time. I have previously written to Your Eminence three times before, and in one of them I stated that I work in one of the departments of the Ministry of Health. I find many things that cause me pain, the most severe being when the call to prayer is made. There is a newspaper vendor standing with his customers, and the call to prayer is being made; and there is a cafeteria owner who gathers his patrons, in addition to those who remain in their offices during the prayer. I have a suggestion, which I hope Allah will facilitate in its implementation: that letters be written to the ministries, and in turn they write to the entities under their jurisdiction regarding the necessity of maintaining the establishment of prayer, and preventing these people from hindering people from worshipping Allah.
The Shaykh:
This has been written to them how many times, but perhaps Allah will guide them to implement it. The authorities have issued general directives to them how many times, but the calamity is the lack of implementation and the lack of strict supervision of these people. I ask Allah to help them and guide them so that they may be upright upon the truth, and so that the beneficial, Sharia-based orders are implemented.
The presenter:
Yes.
The Shaykh:
We praise Allah for His Book.
Source
قناة «فضيلة الشيخ ابن باز Alsheikh Binbaz»، 101 ما حكم التهاون في الصلاة وتأخيرها عن موعدها؟ للإمام ابن باز — youtube.com
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