The ruling on intending to go to a distant mosque because of the beauty of its imam’s voice
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The mosque is close to my house, but I go to another mosque that is very far away because there is an imam with a beautiful voice.
Answer:
It is better for you to pray in the mosque close to your home, so that the congregation in your mosque increases, and so that the imam does not feel sensitive about it, because if you did not leave or go elsewhere, or if the people did not do so, it would be because there is something wrong with the imam, or because you have noticed something about him. So it is better for you to pray in the mosque close to your home; that is what is better. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The mosque is close to my house, but I go to another mosque that is very far away because there is an imam with a beautiful voice.
Answer:
It is better for you to pray in the mosque close to your home, so that the congregation in your mosque increases, and so that the imam does not feel sensitive about it, because if you did not leave or go elsewhere, or if the people did not do so, it would be because there is something wrong with the imam, or because you have noticed something about him. So it is better for you to pray in the mosque close to your home; that is what is better. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [4082] حكم قصد المسجد البعيد لحُسن صوت إمامه - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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