Inquiry Regarding Prayer and Its Questions
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh! Some of the brothers are putting together a survey on the topic of prayer, containing a set of questions such as: Do you pray Fajr in congregation? How many times do you miss the takbir of ihram?
Answer:
If he says no, what does he do? This is nonsense, it is nonsense, and this method is not appropriate. Fine, I pray for you, what do you do? This means publicizing sins, and it is not a method of preaching and reform in this way.
The method of preaching and reform is that you take him and read the Qur'an and hadiths to him and admonish him without asking him, "Do you pray or do you not pray?" Yes.
Also, this involves bad suspicion of the Muslim. The default for a Muslim is to have a good opinion of him, that he prays. Why do you ask, "Do you pray or do you not pray?" Have a good opinion of him, unless it becomes clear to you that he does not pray, then you admonish him for that. But if you publish this survey, "Do you pray or do you not pray? Do you give zakah or do you not give zakah? Are you committed? Are you dutiful to your parents or undutiful?" This is spreading these matters, spreading what is wrong. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh! Some of the brothers are putting together a survey on the topic of prayer, containing a set of questions such as: Do you pray Fajr in congregation? How many times do you miss the takbir of ihram?
Answer:
If he says no, what does he do? This is nonsense, it is nonsense, and this method is not appropriate. Fine, I pray for you, what do you do? This means publicizing sins, and it is not a method of preaching and reform in this way.
The method of preaching and reform is that you take him and read the Qur'an and hadiths to him and admonish him without asking him, "Do you pray or do you not pray?" Yes.
Also, this involves bad suspicion of the Muslim. The default for a Muslim is to have a good opinion of him, that he prays. Why do you ask, "Do you pray or do you not pray?" Have a good opinion of him, unless it becomes clear to you that he does not pray, then you admonish him for that. But if you publish this survey, "Do you pray or do you not pray? Do you give zakah or do you not give zakah? Are you committed? Are you dutiful to your parents or undutiful?" This is spreading these matters, spreading what is wrong. Yes.
Source
شرح بلوغ المرام من أدلة الأحكام [ صالح الفوزان ]، باب حد السرقة — islamhouse.com (59:57)
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