If one prays in a mosque and then goes to another mosque and finds them praying, does he pray with them?
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The questioner : If he prays in another mosque, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : If he prays in another mosque, and then comes to this mosque to attend, for example, a session of knowledge, and finds its people praying.
The Shaykh : The same answer, may Allah reward you.
The questioner : Meaning, he prays with them.
The Shaykh : Because the goal is that he not appear to be one who is not with the congregation.
Another questioner : How do we reconcile this with the hadith of Ibn 'Umar when he missed the congregation and they said to him, “Why did you not pray with the congregation?” and he said:Sunan Ibn Majah 1042Hasan (Darussalam)?
The Shaykh : Are you arguing with the marfu' hadith of Ibn 'Umar, or with Ibn 'Umar's statement?
The questioner : By a hadith.
The Shaykh : With the hadith, meaning:Sunan Abi Dawud 579Hasan Sahih (Al-Albani) with the intention of the obligatory prayer.
The questioner : With the intention of the obligatory prayer.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : If he prays in another mosque, and then comes to this mosque to attend, for example, a session of knowledge, and finds its people praying.
The Shaykh : The same answer, may Allah reward you.
The questioner : Meaning, he prays with them.
The Shaykh : Because the goal is that he not appear to be one who is not with the congregation.
Another questioner : How do we reconcile this with the hadith of Ibn 'Umar when he missed the congregation and they said to him, “Why did you not pray with the congregation?” and he said:
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) forbade a man from performing prayer
نهى الرسول - صلى الله عليه وسلم - أن يصلِّي الرجل مرتينThe Shaykh : Are you arguing with the marfu' hadith of Ibn 'Umar, or with Ibn 'Umar's statement?
The questioner : By a hadith.
The Shaykh : With the hadith, meaning:
Do not say a prayer twice in a day.
لا صلاةَ في يوم مرتينThe questioner : With the intention of the obligatory prayer.
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