Is it permissible to delay the time of the iqamah for each prayer by more than half an hour in order to wait for the congregation?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: We are in a town outside Riyadh, and we pray in congregation in the mosque. We are three households, and we always delay the time of the iqamah for each prayer by more than half an hour in order to wait for the congregation. Is our action and this delay correct?
Answer:
Yes, it is correct, provided that it does not cause hardship for the others. This is correct, and there is nothing wrong with it, as long as the time does not expire or hardship is not caused for the others. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: We are in a town outside Riyadh, and we pray in congregation in the mosque. We are three households, and we always delay the time of the iqamah for each prayer by more than half an hour in order to wait for the congregation. Is our action and this delay correct?
Answer:
Yes, it is correct, provided that it does not cause hardship for the others. This is correct, and there is nothing wrong with it, as long as the time does not expire or hardship is not caused for the others. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [1982 -3022] هل يجوز تأخير وقت الإقامة لكل صلاة لأكثر من نصف ساعة انتظارا للجماعة؟ — youtube.com
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