Do you hold to the statement of Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah?
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The questioner : Shaykh, do you see what Shaykh al-Islam sees when he says, "The most correct of the scholars' opinions is that one performs tayammum for every prayer one fears missing, such as the funeral prayer and the 'Id prayer"?
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : Do you see this opinion?
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : In the mosque, and there is water in it, do I perform tayammum and join the congregation?
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : As for the funeral prayer, this is a matter that one might miss. As for the 'Id prayer, naturally one misses the congregation, but it is possible to pray.
The Shaykh : It is possible to pray?
The questioner : I mean, individually.
The Shaykh : So it is possible to pray, but one misses the congregation?
The questioner : Yes, that is what I mean.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : All right, Shaykh, what is the distinction between the 'Id congregation and the congregation?
The Shaykh : In what is not obligatory, one is more lenient than in what is obligatory. This is a principle. For example, voluntary prayers are prayed sitting down, but the obligatory prayer is not permissible to be prayed sitting down... So this distinction is observed.
The questioner : May Allah reward you.
Another questioner : Because of its non-obligatory nature?
The Shaykh : Because of what?
The questioner : I mean, the 'Id congregation is said to be non-obligatory.
The Shaykh : Because of its non-obligatory nature.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : No, it is obligatory for the one who catches it.
The questioner : ... It is clear that there is something.
The Shaykh : There is what?
The questioner : There is something regarding the matter, it is clear...
The Shaykh : Yes, the issue differs; the jurists differed on it. Even if the stronger position in our view is that it is obligatory, it is not like the obligatory prayer that is agreed upon. Scholars observe these distinctions.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : Do you see this opinion?
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : In the mosque, and there is water in it, do I perform tayammum and join the congregation?
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : As for the funeral prayer, this is a matter that one might miss. As for the 'Id prayer, naturally one misses the congregation, but it is possible to pray.
The Shaykh : It is possible to pray?
The questioner : I mean, individually.
The Shaykh : So it is possible to pray, but one misses the congregation?
The questioner : Yes, that is what I mean.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : All right, Shaykh, what is the distinction between the 'Id congregation and the congregation?
The Shaykh : In what is not obligatory, one is more lenient than in what is obligatory. This is a principle. For example, voluntary prayers are prayed sitting down, but the obligatory prayer is not permissible to be prayed sitting down... So this distinction is observed.
The questioner : May Allah reward you.
Another questioner : Because of its non-obligatory nature?
The Shaykh : Because of what?
The questioner : I mean, the 'Id congregation is said to be non-obligatory.
The Shaykh : Because of its non-obligatory nature.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : No, it is obligatory for the one who catches it.
The questioner : ... It is clear that there is something.
The Shaykh : There is what?
The questioner : There is something regarding the matter, it is clear...
The Shaykh : Yes, the issue differs; the jurists differed on it. Even if the stronger position in our view is that it is obligatory, it is not like the obligatory prayer that is agreed upon. Scholars observe these distinctions.
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