Is it permissible to perform the festival prayer in the mosques when there is a prayer ground in the desert?
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The questioner:
This questioner says: Regarding the festival prayer, which is prayed in the desert, we observe that in this era it is held in the mosques despite the ability to pray it in the prayer ground in the desert, and they pray it in the mosques without an excuse. What is the ruling on that?
The Shaykh:
No, nowadays they pray it in the mosques because of the expansion of construction and the crowds, and no nearby open space remains, as you see. Riyadh has no nearby desert now; the construction has expanded and spread, so they were forced to hold it in the congregational mosques. Yes.
The questioner:
As for if...
The Shaykh:
If the town is small and surrounded by desert, there is no reason to pray it in the mosques. Yes.
This questioner says: Regarding the festival prayer, which is prayed in the desert, we observe that in this era it is held in the mosques despite the ability to pray it in the prayer ground in the desert, and they pray it in the mosques without an excuse. What is the ruling on that?
The Shaykh:
No, nowadays they pray it in the mosques because of the expansion of construction and the crowds, and no nearby open space remains, as you see. Riyadh has no nearby desert now; the construction has expanded and spread, so they were forced to hold it in the congregational mosques. Yes.
The questioner:
As for if...
The Shaykh:
If the town is small and surrounded by desert, there is no reason to pray it in the mosques. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [ 3436/400] هل يجوز أداء صلاة العيد في المساجد مع وجود مصلى في الصحراء؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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