Delaying the 'Isha' Prayer for the Sake of Exercise and Congregational Prayer
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The questioner:
And among that is something: it is not a pillar to delay the 'Isha' prayer until the completion of the recitation of the Qur'an, and the writing of the Sunnah for delaying the 'Isha' prayer, then after the recitation, after the beginning of the night, of the prayer.
The Shaykh:
What is the matter?
The questioner:
He says: What is the ruling on delaying the 'Isha' prayer during the completion of the preliminary exercise in the rain?
The Shaykh:
Exercise.
The questioner:
And the idea of the prisoner in shortening the 'Isha' prayer, then after the shortening, near the mosque and the prayer, and the congregation fasted and called for the profession to be established, not in a mosque he knows the mosque, so do they pray in what is loved and what the men establish?
The Shaykh:
This is not permissible. It is obligatory that they pray with the Muslims when the mu'adhdhins call the prayer with them. If they are praying in their place, they appoint a mu'adhdhin to call the prayer with the people, with the mu'adhdhins. Then the iqamah is made and they pray with the people. Then after that, they do what they came for, which is the exercise, as he said, or the sports. They do not delay the prayer, they do not differ from the people, they do not pray after the people.
Also, if there are mosques near them, it is not permissible for them to separate and pray alone in their place. They go to the mosques, pray, and return to their work. The important thing is that they do not differ from the people. They do not have a prayer for themselves and a congregation for themselves. They do not lag behind the people. This is not the way. And as the questioner mentioned, this becomes a means for the abandonment of the prayer by some of them, the leaving of the prayer by some of them, because the people are not disciplined if they are not disciplined, they disperse. It is necessary to discipline them in the prayer at the beginning of its time with the people, with the congregations, with the mosques. Yes.
And among that is something: it is not a pillar to delay the 'Isha' prayer until the completion of the recitation of the Qur'an, and the writing of the Sunnah for delaying the 'Isha' prayer, then after the recitation, after the beginning of the night, of the prayer.
The Shaykh:
What is the matter?
The questioner:
He says: What is the ruling on delaying the 'Isha' prayer during the completion of the preliminary exercise in the rain?
The Shaykh:
Exercise.
The questioner:
And the idea of the prisoner in shortening the 'Isha' prayer, then after the shortening, near the mosque and the prayer, and the congregation fasted and called for the profession to be established, not in a mosque he knows the mosque, so do they pray in what is loved and what the men establish?
The Shaykh:
This is not permissible. It is obligatory that they pray with the Muslims when the mu'adhdhins call the prayer with them. If they are praying in their place, they appoint a mu'adhdhin to call the prayer with the people, with the mu'adhdhins. Then the iqamah is made and they pray with the people. Then after that, they do what they came for, which is the exercise, as he said, or the sports. They do not delay the prayer, they do not differ from the people, they do not pray after the people.
Also, if there are mosques near them, it is not permissible for them to separate and pray alone in their place. They go to the mosques, pray, and return to their work. The important thing is that they do not differ from the people. They do not have a prayer for themselves and a congregation for themselves. They do not lag behind the people. This is not the way. And as the questioner mentioned, this becomes a means for the abandonment of the prayer by some of them, the leaving of the prayer by some of them, because the people are not disciplined if they are not disciplined, they disperse. It is necessary to discipline them in the prayer at the beginning of its time with the people, with the congregations, with the mosques. Yes.
Source
شرح بلوغ المرام من أدلة الأحكام [ صالح الفوزان ]، تابع باب صفة الصلاة - 5 — islamhouse.com (1:01:35)
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