Leaving the congregational prayer out of fear for one's goods
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: We work in delivering goods to customers, and sometimes the time for prayer catches us, and we fear the loss or theft of the goods. He says: And because of this, we miss the congregational prayer.
The Shaykh:
What?
The questioner:
We work in delivering goods to customers, and sometimes the time for prayer catches us. We fear the loss or theft of the goods, and because of that, we miss the congregational prayer. Do we sin in this?
The Shaykh:
The congregational prayer is dropped for the one who fears for his wealth or what is in his custody, if he is a guard or is carrying something and fears it will be lost or stolen. But he steps out of the line and prays; he prays while he has the goods, watching over them and monitoring them. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: We work in delivering goods to customers, and sometimes the time for prayer catches us, and we fear the loss or theft of the goods. He says: And because of this, we miss the congregational prayer.
The Shaykh:
What?
The questioner:
We work in delivering goods to customers, and sometimes the time for prayer catches us. We fear the loss or theft of the goods, and because of that, we miss the congregational prayer. Do we sin in this?
The Shaykh:
The congregational prayer is dropped for the one who fears for his wealth or what is in his custody, if he is a guard or is carrying something and fears it will be lost or stolen. But he steps out of the line and prays; he prays while he has the goods, watching over them and monitoring them. Yes.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من أبواب صلاة التطوع — islamhouse.com (1:06:10)
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