The ruling on deliberately leaving the congregation of the residents to pray in the wilderness for the reward of fifty degrees
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: It is mentioned in some hadiths, such as the hadith of Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him), that prayer in the wilderness is fifty degrees [better]. His question is: Is it permissible to deliberately leave the congregation of the residents and go to the wilderness to obtain the reward of the fifty degrees?
Answer:
By Allah, I have not seen this hadith; I do not know about it. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: It is mentioned in some hadiths, such as the hadith of Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him), that prayer in the wilderness is fifty degrees [better]. His question is: Is it permissible to deliberately leave the congregation of the residents and go to the wilderness to obtain the reward of the fifty degrees?
Answer:
By Allah, I have not seen this hadith; I do not know about it. Yes.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من باب المواضع المنهي عنها والمأذون فيها للصلاة — islamhouse.com (55:23)
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