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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Arranging mosques in order of preference for a person?

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Answer : The conclusion is that we say the best is to pray in your mosque, the mosque of the neighborhood where you live, whether it has a larger congregation or a smaller one, because of the benefits that follow from that. Next comes the one with the larger congregation. This is based on his saying (peace and blessings be upon him):
if they are more (in number), it is more beloved to Allahما كان أكثر فهو أحب إلى الله
Bulugh al-Maram 2:330
Then comes the one that is farther away, and then the one that is older, because preferring a place based on the precedence of obedience in it requires clear evidence, and there is no clear evidence for this issue.
Source قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، 2803ترتيب المساجد من حيث الأفضل للشخص؟📔 الشرح الممتع على زاد المستقنع - ابن عثيمين — youtube.com

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