Is there a sin on me for not attending the Friday prayer if the mosque is far away and I cannot hear its call to prayer?
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The Shaykh : I think there is no blame on you, but to be sure and to settle the matter with you now, regardless of your job, suppose you were an employee in this company with an ordinary position; would it be obligatory for you to go to the village for the Friday prayer?
The questioner : By Allah, I will go back and repeat it.
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner : I will go back and repeat it...
The Shaykh : No, it seems you did not understand me; your job is not this sensitive position you are talking about.
The questioner : An ordinary worker.
The Shaykh : I am telling you: an ordinary worker or an ordinary employee, and so on, but you are an employee in this company, not in your current position.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh: Good.
So, is it obligatory for you to go down to the village to pray Friday, as far as you know? As far as you know?
The questioner : I cannot...
The Shaykh : Say, my brother, let us be free of this, so you can say: I do not know.
The questioner : I do not know.
The Shaykh : No, you know, say: I know.
The questioner : I do not know.
The Shaykh : It is not in the person's control.
The questioner : No, there is no problem.
The Shaykh : That is enough.
So, if you know that the Friday prayer is obligatory only on the one who hears the Friday call to prayer... everyone, you, since the village is far from the company by this distance, it is very natural that you do not hear the Friday call to prayer.
The questioner : I do not hear it.
The Shaykh: Huh?
The questioner : I do not hear it at all.
The Shaykh: That is my intention.
In that case, if you were in your home resting and did not go to pray in the village mosque on Friday, you would not be sinful. So, we are discussing this now in terms of sin. As for what is better, it is that you go down to the village and pray with the congregation; there is no problem with that. But your question is: is there a sin on you or not?
The questioner : ... .
...
The Shaykh : The call to prayer, because you are in a place far from the mosque, do you understand? And the Messenger (peace be upon him) said:, so you do not hear the call to prayer; therefore, there is no sin on you, so put your mind at ease. But at the same time, I advise you, whenever you find yourself...
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : So, you go naturally.
The questioner : ... the prayer, immediately I will pray, I cannot...
The Shaykh: Go ahead.
The questioner : By Allah, I will go back and repeat it.
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner : I will go back and repeat it...
The Shaykh : No, it seems you did not understand me; your job is not this sensitive position you are talking about.
The questioner : An ordinary worker.
The Shaykh : I am telling you: an ordinary worker or an ordinary employee, and so on, but you are an employee in this company, not in your current position.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh: Good.
So, is it obligatory for you to go down to the village to pray Friday, as far as you know? As far as you know?
The questioner : I cannot...
The Shaykh : Say, my brother, let us be free of this, so you can say: I do not know.
The questioner : I do not know.
The Shaykh : No, you know, say: I know.
The questioner : I do not know.
The Shaykh : It is not in the person's control.
The questioner : No, there is no problem.
The Shaykh : That is enough.
So, if you know that the Friday prayer is obligatory only on the one who hears the Friday call to prayer... everyone, you, since the village is far from the company by this distance, it is very natural that you do not hear the Friday call to prayer.
The questioner : I do not hear it.
The Shaykh: Huh?
The questioner : I do not hear it at all.
The Shaykh: That is my intention.
In that case, if you were in your home resting and did not go to pray in the village mosque on Friday, you would not be sinful. So, we are discussing this now in terms of sin. As for what is better, it is that you go down to the village and pray with the congregation; there is no problem with that. But your question is: is there a sin on you or not?
The questioner : ... .
...
The Shaykh : The call to prayer, because you are in a place far from the mosque, do you understand? And the Messenger (peace be upon him) said:
Whoever hears the call to prayer and does not respond, and he has no excuse, then he has no prayer.
من سمع النداء ولم يجب ولا عذر له ؛ فلا صلاة لهThe questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : So, you go naturally.
The questioner : ... the prayer, immediately I will pray, I cannot...
The Shaykh: Go ahead.
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