Prayer in the University Prayer Hall and Its Ruling
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: We have a prayer hall in the university where all prayers are performed except the Fajr prayer, and it is also closed on Thursdays and Fridays. His question is: Is it permissible to pray in this place? And is it considered a mosque or a prayer hall?
Answer:
How is it a prayer hall if you say that prayer is permissible in it? If prayer were not permissible in it, it would not be a prayer hall. Prayer is permissible in it out of necessity. If the mosque is far away, or if you need to pray in it, you pray in it, but it does not take on the rulings of a mosque. This is called a prayer hall, not a mosque. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: We have a prayer hall in the university where all prayers are performed except the Fajr prayer, and it is also closed on Thursdays and Fridays. His question is: Is it permissible to pray in this place? And is it considered a mosque or a prayer hall?
Answer:
How is it a prayer hall if you say that prayer is permissible in it? If prayer were not permissible in it, it would not be a prayer hall. Prayer is permissible in it out of necessity. If the mosque is far away, or if you need to pray in it, you pray in it, but it does not take on the rulings of a mosque. This is called a prayer hall, not a mosque. Yes.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من أبواب صلاة التطوع — islamhouse.com (1:01:13)
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