The Ruling on the Prayer of Greeting the Mosque in a Prayer Area
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His Eminence the Shaykh: Is the prayer of greeting the mosque obligatory for a prayer area where the call to prayer is made for only one obligatory prayer?
If this prayer area is reserved for the general public, its ruling is the same as that of a mosque.And the evidence for that is: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) made the Eid prayer area equivalent to a mosque in ruling. He ordered that women go out to the Eid prayer and that menstruating women stay away from the prayer area. This is evidence that it is treated as a mosque. However, a private prayer area that a person sets up in his home, or that some offices set up in an administrative area, does not have the ruling of a mosque.
If this prayer area is reserved for the general public, its ruling is the same as that of a mosque.And the evidence for that is: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) made the Eid prayer area equivalent to a mosque in ruling. He ordered that women go out to the Eid prayer and that menstruating women stay away from the prayer area. This is evidence that it is treated as a mosque. However, a private prayer area that a person sets up in his home, or that some offices set up in an administrative area, does not have the ruling of a mosque.