The Ruling on Praying the Congregational Prayer in the Nearby Mosque
Machine translationRead the Arabic original
The questioner:
May Allah reward you with good. May Allah bless you. May Allah keep you safe. This is a group of...
The Shaykh:
How is it? Yes, by Allah, praise be to Allah, they hear the voice clearly, praise be to Allah. May Allah bless you.
The questioner:
This is a group of questions from the brothers. Ah. A questioner says: I am a teacher in one of the remote villages, and near our house is a mosque where the congregation is sometimes held, and sometimes I pray alone. I have colleagues who pray at home, and I have colleagues who pray at home, and they are more numerous than the mosque congregation. And when I tell them to pray in the mosque, they say there is no congregation there and it is far away. So should I pray in the mosque even if I pray alone at some times, or should I pray with them at home, even though the mosque...
The Shaykh:
...all of them, it is obligatory for them to pray in the mosque all together, and it is not permissible for them to pray at home. They must go to the mosque and pray in it. Even if a congregation is near them, they must go to the mosque and pray. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said when asked about this:Sunan Abi Dawud 552Hasan Sahih (Al-Albani) Answer, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Whoever hears the call and does not come, there is no prayer for him, except one who has an excuse. Ibn Abbas said when asked about the excuse: fear or illness. One must answer the call. Let him fear Allah, go to the mosque, advise them, command them, and forbid them until they all pray in the mosque, as long as he hears the call. It is not far for them to go to it.
The questioner:
Even if they do not go with him, even if they do not go with him, he goes alone.
The Shaykh:
He goes, he goes alone, and it is possible for them, and he goes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you. The Exalted said:[At-Tawbah 9:71] or it came: [At-Tawbah 9:71] command. May Allah reward you.
May Allah reward you with good. May Allah bless you. May Allah keep you safe. This is a group of...
The Shaykh:
How is it? Yes, by Allah, praise be to Allah, they hear the voice clearly, praise be to Allah. May Allah bless you.
The questioner:
This is a group of questions from the brothers. Ah. A questioner says: I am a teacher in one of the remote villages, and near our house is a mosque where the congregation is sometimes held, and sometimes I pray alone. I have colleagues who pray at home, and I have colleagues who pray at home, and they are more numerous than the mosque congregation. And when I tell them to pray in the mosque, they say there is no congregation there and it is far away. So should I pray in the mosque even if I pray alone at some times, or should I pray with them at home, even though the mosque...
The Shaykh:
...all of them, it is obligatory for them to pray in the mosque all together, and it is not permissible for them to pray at home. They must go to the mosque and pray in it. Even if a congregation is near them, they must go to the mosque and pray. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said when asked about this:
Do you hear summons (adhan)? He said: Yes. He said:
هل تسمع النداء؟ قال نعم، قالThe questioner:
Even if they do not go with him, even if they do not go with him, he goes alone.
The Shaykh:
He goes, he goes alone, and it is possible for them, and he goes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you. The Exalted said:
The believing men and believing women
وَالْمُؤْمِنُونَ وَالْمُؤْمِنَاتُ بَعْضُهُمْone another. They enjoin what is right and forbid
بَعْضٍ يَأْمُرُونَ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَيَنْهَوْنَ عَنِ
Source
محاضرات عبر الهاتف [ 04 ] الاستقامة على دين الله — islamhouse.com (15:00)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.