What is the ruling on a Muslim who does not attend the prayers with the congregation in the mosque?
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Question:
The questioner asks: What is the ruling on a Muslim who does not attend the prayers with the congregation in the mosque?
Answer:
His ruling is that he is abandoning a great obligatory duty and possessing the characteristics of the hypocrites, unless he has an excuse such as illness or fear. As for if he has no excuse, then he is abandoning an obligatory duty, which is the congregational prayer, and possessing the characteristics of the hypocrites; because the hypocrites are those who[At-Tawbah 9:54] attend the 'Isha' and Fajr prayers with the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), and He described them with hypocrisy. Absenting oneself from the congregational prayer without an excuse is hypocrisy, and may Allah protect us from it, it is forbidden, and it is abandoning a great obligatory duty. Yes.
The questioner asks: What is the ruling on a Muslim who does not attend the prayers with the congregation in the mosque?
Answer:
His ruling is that he is abandoning a great obligatory duty and possessing the characteristics of the hypocrites, unless he has an excuse such as illness or fear. As for if he has no excuse, then he is abandoning an obligatory duty, which is the congregational prayer, and possessing the characteristics of the hypocrites; because the hypocrites are those who
and that they come not to prayer except while they are lazy and
وَلَا يَأْتُونَ الصَّلَاةَ إِلَّا وَهُمْ كُسَالَىٰ وَلَا
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم المسلم الذي لا يحضر الصلوات مع الجماعة في المسجد؟ #فتاوى الفوزان — youtube.com
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