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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The ruling on boycotting the mosque by some of the worshippers due to a dispute among them

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Question:
He says: Another mosque in a small village has a dispute between the elders and the youth. The elders do not agree to let the youth take on responsibility inside the mosque, and some men have stopped praying in the mosque and are praying in their homes, while they perform the Friday prayer in the city of Tlemcen. Is there sin on all of them for this?

Answer:
This is a matter for consideration; because the reasons for the disagreement have not been clarified, the reasons for the disagreement have not been made clear. It is obligatory for the elders and the youth to agree on what is good, and to cooperate in righteousness and piety. They should all pray together in the mosque, cooperate in good, and appoint their best and most reciting person to lead them, as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
The people should be lead by the one who is most well-Versed in recitation of the Book of Allahيَؤُمُّ الْقَوْمَ أَقْرَؤُهُمْ لِكِتَابِ اللَّهِ
Sunan Ibn Majah 980Sahih (Darussalam)
. Therefore, it is not permissible to dispute over such a matter; because the objective is the obligation of performing the congregational prayer. So they must all cooperate in righteousness and piety and perform the prayer in congregation. They should not pray in their homes, for the prayer is not for them in their homes. Rather, it is obligatory for them to pray in the mosque, to all agree, and for
The one who recites most of the Book of Allah is to lead the people (in prayers). If they are equal in recitation, then the most knowledgeable in the Sunnah among them. If they are equal regarding the Sunnah, then the earliest of them to emigrate.أقرؤهم بكتاب الله، فإن كانوا في القراءة سواء فأعلمهم بالسنة، فإن كانوا في السنة سواء فأقدمهم هجرة، فإن كانوا في ذلك سواء فأقدمهم سلما
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 235Sahih (Darussalam)
to lead them, meaning the one among them who is oldest in age and earliest in Islam. This is what is obligatory for them, and they should conduct themselves with the etiquettes of the Shari'ah. As for the elders abandoning the mosque and the others abandoning the mosque, leaving the mosque empty or with only the youth praying in it while the elders pray in their homes, this is not permissible. It is obligatory to look into the matter and resolve the disagreement between them by the Shari'ah method. If they have a complaint about the youth, we advise them and direct them to good. And if the elders have a bid'ah (religious innovation) or sins, they repent to Allah from them so that they may agree with the youth. So the result is that it is necessary to resolve the issue by Shari'ah means. As for the elders praying in their homes or the young praying in their homes because of the dispute, this is not permissible. It is obligatory to put an end to it. Yes. May Allah reward you with good. Yes.
Source قناة «فضيلة الشيخ ابن باز Alsheikh Binbaz»، 1513 - حكم هجر بعض المصلين المسجد بسبب خلاف بينهم - نور على الدرب — youtube.com

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