Prayer for Employees and Students in the Workplace or School
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The questioner:
And the Shaykh sat down. We gathered in the school, then he performed the 'Isha' prayer. There is a men's mosque in the school, and some of the teachers wanted to pray and accept in the Saturday, then I wanted the Prophet.
The Shaykh:
This is a matter about which there is much questioning, such as for people in offices, people in mosques, and people in hospitals: Do they pray in their offices because it is easier for them and more regular for work, or do they go to the mosques? There is no doubt that going to the mosques is better, and that praying in the mosques, going to the mosques, and responding to the mu'adhdhin is undoubtedly better and more complete. But if they have an excuse for praying in their offices, then what comes to mind, and Allah knows best, is that there is nothing wrong with it, if Allah wills, due to the excuse. Especially for young students; they say if we let them go out to the mosque, they would not pray, they would scatter or run to their homes, and we would not be able to control them. This is different from if we keep them in the school and we pray with them. We say this is an excuse, without doubt. Pray in the school because the public benefit requires this. Yes, so circumstances differ. But whoever is able to pray in the mosque, that is better without question.
And the Shaykh sat down. We gathered in the school, then he performed the 'Isha' prayer. There is a men's mosque in the school, and some of the teachers wanted to pray and accept in the Saturday, then I wanted the Prophet.
The Shaykh:
This is a matter about which there is much questioning, such as for people in offices, people in mosques, and people in hospitals: Do they pray in their offices because it is easier for them and more regular for work, or do they go to the mosques? There is no doubt that going to the mosques is better, and that praying in the mosques, going to the mosques, and responding to the mu'adhdhin is undoubtedly better and more complete. But if they have an excuse for praying in their offices, then what comes to mind, and Allah knows best, is that there is nothing wrong with it, if Allah wills, due to the excuse. Especially for young students; they say if we let them go out to the mosque, they would not pray, they would scatter or run to their homes, and we would not be able to control them. This is different from if we keep them in the school and we pray with them. We say this is an excuse, without doubt. Pray in the school because the public benefit requires this. Yes, so circumstances differ. But whoever is able to pray in the mosque, that is better without question.
Source
شرح بلوغ المرام من أدلة الأحكام [ صالح الفوزان ]، بداية من باب نواقض الوضوء — islamhouse.com (1:09:27)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.