The Friday Prayer for Students in School
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner from Belgium says: We are in school and are prevented from going out to pray the Friday prayer. Is it permissible for us, the Muslim students in the school, to gather and pray the Friday prayer together?
The Shaykh:
If it is difficult for you to go to the mosque, and the mosque is near you but you are prevented, and you are able to pray it in the place of study, then pray it. Establishing the Friday prayer in a place near the town or near the mosque is not a problem; it may even be obligatory.[At-Taghabun 64:16] Yes.
The questioner:
Because he is
The Shaykh:
You are to be followers of the mosque around you. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner from Belgium says: We are in school and are prevented from going out to pray the Friday prayer. Is it permissible for us, the Muslim students in the school, to gather and pray the Friday prayer together?
The Shaykh:
If it is difficult for you to go to the mosque, and the mosque is near you but you are prevented, and you are able to pray it in the place of study, then pray it. Establishing the Friday prayer in a place near the town or near the mosque is not a problem; it may even be obligatory.
So fear Allah as much as you are able
فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُمْThe questioner:
Because he is
The Shaykh:
You are to be followers of the mosque around you. Yes.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من باب ما جاء فيمن يلازم بقعة بعينها من المسجد — islamhouse.com (1:00:03)
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