The ruling on moving to another mosque on Friday
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Question:
Shaykh Salih, one of the listeners sent a question. He says: Is it permissible for a person praying on Friday to leave his mosque and go to another distant mosque because the other imam has extensive knowledge of religious matters and delivers the sermon in a better and more excellent manner than others?
Answer:
It is better for the people of the neighborhood to pray in their own mosque for the sake of getting to know one another, fostering affection among them, encouraging one another, and pleasing the heart of the imam who prays with them. If he goes to another mosque for a religious benefit, such as acquiring knowledge or listening to a sermon that is more impactful and more knowledgeable, then there is nothing wrong with that. The Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) used to come to pray with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in his mosque to attain the virtue of the imam and the virtue of the mosque and to acquire knowledge, and then they would go and pray in their neighborhoods, just as Mu'adh (may Allah be pleased with him) used to do in the time of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and he knew of it and did not disapprove. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Shaykh Salih, one of the listeners sent a question. He says: Is it permissible for a person praying on Friday to leave his mosque and go to another distant mosque because the other imam has extensive knowledge of religious matters and delivers the sermon in a better and more excellent manner than others?
Answer:
It is better for the people of the neighborhood to pray in their own mosque for the sake of getting to know one another, fostering affection among them, encouraging one another, and pleasing the heart of the imam who prays with them. If he goes to another mosque for a religious benefit, such as acquiring knowledge or listening to a sermon that is more impactful and more knowledgeable, then there is nothing wrong with that. The Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) used to come to pray with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in his mosque to attain the virtue of the imam and the virtue of the mosque and to acquire knowledge, and then they would go and pray in their neighborhoods, just as Mu'adh (may Allah be pleased with him) used to do in the time of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and he knew of it and did not disapprove. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Source
قناة «إذاعة القرآن الكريم»، نور على الدرب مع معالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان ح7530 — youtube.com (4:38)
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