Is it obligatory for us to pray in a mosque that is one hundred and fifty steps away from us?
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Question:
May Allah bless you. In another question, he says: There is a medical center with staff on duty around the clock and employees, some of whom work two shifts, morning and evening, and some work one shift. It is about one hundred and fifty steps from the neighborhood mosque, and a mosque has been established there. Is it obligatory for us to pray in it when we are present during work hours, or do we pray in the neighborhood mosque? It is known that patients pray with us.
Answer:
You have the choice. If you wish, you may pray in the neighborhood mosque, and if you wish, you may pray in the mosque established in the hospital. Praise be to Allah. Especially if your work requires you to pray in the hospital mosque, your prayer there is more preferable for the sake of the benefit of the work. And there is no harm in praying in the neighborhood mosque. Yes.
May Allah bless you. In another question, he says: There is a medical center with staff on duty around the clock and employees, some of whom work two shifts, morning and evening, and some work one shift. It is about one hundred and fifty steps from the neighborhood mosque, and a mosque has been established there. Is it obligatory for us to pray in it when we are present during work hours, or do we pray in the neighborhood mosque? It is known that patients pray with us.
Answer:
You have the choice. If you wish, you may pray in the neighborhood mosque, and if you wish, you may pray in the mosque established in the hospital. Praise be to Allah. Especially if your work requires you to pray in the hospital mosque, your prayer there is more preferable for the sake of the benefit of the work. And there is no harm in praying in the neighborhood mosque. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل يجب علينا الصلاة في مسجد يبعد عنا مائة وخمسين خطوة؟ الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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