What is the ruling on holding a second congregation for the festival prayer in the mosque due to the mosque being too small, especially in Western countries?
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Question:
May Allah reward you. Honorable Shaykh, this questioner says: What is the ruling on holding a second congregation for the festival prayer in the same mosque, especially in Western countries where the mosque is too small for the large number of worshippers?
Answer:
There is nothing wrong with it if they do not have a place that can accommodate them and they divide into two congregations because of the narrowness of the space, so there is nothing wrong with that for the sake of need.
May Allah reward you. Honorable Shaykh, this questioner says: What is the ruling on holding a second congregation for the festival prayer in the same mosque, especially in Western countries where the mosque is too small for the large number of worshippers?
Answer:
There is nothing wrong with it if they do not have a place that can accommodate them and they divide into two congregations because of the narrowness of the space, so there is nothing wrong with that for the sake of need.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [47 -954] ما حكم إقامة جماعة ثانية لصلاة العيد في المسجد بسبب ضيق المسجد لا سيما في بلاد الغرب؟ — youtube.com
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