Ruling on praying in government offices and in scattered groups
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In one of the government offices, or in a place where there is a prayer area where most of them pray, but there are some categories of people who pray individually in groups?
First: We ask these government offices: Is it possible for you to go out to the nearby mosques around you, or not? If it is possible for them to go out to the nearby mosques around them without disrupting the work, then it is obligatory for them to pray in the mosque; because the stronger opinion among the opinions of the scholars is that congregational prayer must be in the mosques,And if some scholars say: the obligatory congregation is whether it is in the mosque, or in the house, or in the office. And if it is not possible for them to go out to the mosque because of its distance, or if they fear that if they go out to the mosque they will disperse or play around, as some of them do when they go out, they go to their house and do not return, or if they go out the work is disrupted because the work is heavy and it is affected if they go out to the mosque; then they pray in the office in this case; because maintaining the job is an obligatory duty that it is not permissible to neglect,And if we say: they pray in the office, so it is obligatory that they all gather behind one imam if possible. If that is not possible, each floor prays on its own floor. The people of one floor gather in one place and pray.
The questioner: Is there a spacious place designated for them to pray in?The Shaykh: Yes, a spacious place where they pray.
The questioner: But some individuals, five or six, pray individually?The Shaykh: This is not permissible, and it is obligatory for them to pray all together.
The questioner: Some of them complain and make excuses about the smell of the drink, so some of the students have a drink smell that is offensive?The Shaykh: All of this is stubbornness and invalid excuses. The drink, even if a person has a drink on him and has not removed it, and even if his drink was not clean when he entered, it does not reach the level that people would be repelled by him; because the foot generally does not have offensive sweat. But these people make excuses with everything,It is said: If you have a student whose socks smell offensively, go to the other side.
The questioner: Some of them asked me, so I issued a fatwa that it is permissible for them to pray individually?The Shaykh: We do not issue a ruling that it is permissible for multiple congregations to exist at the same time.
Question: Is there a specified distance from his house to the mosque?Answer: There is no specified distance in the Shari'ah, but custom determines that.
First: We ask these government offices: Is it possible for you to go out to the nearby mosques around you, or not? If it is possible for them to go out to the nearby mosques around them without disrupting the work, then it is obligatory for them to pray in the mosque; because the stronger opinion among the opinions of the scholars is that congregational prayer must be in the mosques,And if some scholars say: the obligatory congregation is whether it is in the mosque, or in the house, or in the office. And if it is not possible for them to go out to the mosque because of its distance, or if they fear that if they go out to the mosque they will disperse or play around, as some of them do when they go out, they go to their house and do not return, or if they go out the work is disrupted because the work is heavy and it is affected if they go out to the mosque; then they pray in the office in this case; because maintaining the job is an obligatory duty that it is not permissible to neglect,And if we say: they pray in the office, so it is obligatory that they all gather behind one imam if possible. If that is not possible, each floor prays on its own floor. The people of one floor gather in one place and pray.
The questioner: Is there a spacious place designated for them to pray in?The Shaykh: Yes, a spacious place where they pray.
The questioner: But some individuals, five or six, pray individually?The Shaykh: This is not permissible, and it is obligatory for them to pray all together.
The questioner: Some of them complain and make excuses about the smell of the drink, so some of the students have a drink smell that is offensive?The Shaykh: All of this is stubbornness and invalid excuses. The drink, even if a person has a drink on him and has not removed it, and even if his drink was not clean when he entered, it does not reach the level that people would be repelled by him; because the foot generally does not have offensive sweat. But these people make excuses with everything,It is said: If you have a student whose socks smell offensively, go to the other side.
The questioner: Some of them asked me, so I issued a fatwa that it is permissible for them to pray individually?The Shaykh: We do not issue a ruling that it is permissible for multiple congregations to exist at the same time.
Question: Is there a specified distance from his house to the mosque?Answer: There is no specified distance in the Shari'ah, but custom determines that.