The authenticity of the hadith that prayer in the wilderness is equivalent to fifty prayers.

The questioner : Shaykh, regarding the prayer in the wilderness being equivalent to fifty prayers, is the hadith authentic?

The Shaykh: Yes.

The questioner : Is it without hardship, or does a person exert himself to go up and pray in the wilderness?

The Shaykh : No, it is without hardship.

The questioner : Without hardship, you have done well, O Shaykh, meaning a person does not exert himself to go up and pray...

The Shaykh: Yes.

Another questioner : I mean, once we were traveling... O Shaykh... the prayer time caught up with us, so we prayed on the road in the open.

The Shaykh: Good.

The questioner : I mean, it is not... they say: you have a car with you.

The Shaykh: What is it that...?

The questioner : He said some of the brothers consider it an exertion, not... because you are able to pray, when we were withThe Shaykh : Salim and we asked him about the hadith, he did not even know that it was fifty prayers, they said: you have a car with you and you are able to go and you are able to pray.

The Shaykh : Go where?

The questioner : To a mosque.

The Shaykh : Ah, you go... to a mosque, so if you heard the adhan, it became obligatory for you to respond, otherwise not.