Is it permissible for one who ascends from the courtyard to the roof of the Haram to pray the greeting of the mosque?
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Question : The question asks: Do the office workers go out to the open area like the families outside the mosque, or not?
Answer : If they go out for a necessity, such as it being hot downstairs and they go up to the roof to cool off, there is no harm, because this is a necessity, the distance is short, and they did not leave the mosque to depart from it, but rather they left the mosque to enter it from another side. Therefore, if they enter via the stairs and take these steps, it is not prescribed for them to pray the greeting of the mosque when they reach the roof, because they did not actually leave the ruling of the mosque. Yes. Likewise, if they go out to attend a lesson and they are returning to the mosque. Yes.
Answer : If they go out for a necessity, such as it being hot downstairs and they go up to the roof to cool off, there is no harm, because this is a necessity, the distance is short, and they did not leave the mosque to depart from it, but rather they left the mosque to enter it from another side. Therefore, if they enter via the stairs and take these steps, it is not prescribed for them to pray the greeting of the mosque when they reach the roof, because they did not actually leave the ruling of the mosque. Yes. Likewise, if they go out to attend a lesson and they are returning to the mosque. Yes.
Source
قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، لقاء[196 من 200] هل يصلى تحية المسجد من يصعد من الصحن لسطح الحرم؟الشيخ ابن عثيمين-مشروع كبار العلماء — youtube.com
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