Ruling on changing one's place for performing the regular voluntary prayer
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May Allah reward you with good, O honorable Shaykh! What is the ruling on changing one's place regarding the performance of the regular voluntary prayer? And is this a religious innovation?
The jurists (may Allah have mercy on them) mentioned: It is recommended for a person to separate the voluntary prayer from the obligatory prayer, either by speaking or by moving from his place.Regarding the hadith of Mu'awiyah, he said: (We were commanded by the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) not to connect one prayer to another until we go out or speak).
Accordingly, it is better to separate the obligatory prayer from the voluntary prayer.
But there is something better than that, which is to perform the voluntary prayer in the house; because the voluntary prayer in the house is better than the voluntary prayer in the mosque, even in the Sacred Mosque. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) said, while in Medina and in his mosque, in which prayer is better than a thousand prayers in any other place except the Sacred Mosque,He said: (The best prayer of a man is in his house, except for the obligatory prayer), and he himself used to perform the voluntary prayer in his house.
Some people think that the voluntary prayer in the mosque is better, but that is not the case. Yes, if it were assumed that a man has work and fears that if he leaves the mosque he will forget the regular voluntary prayer,So here we say to him: then praying in the mosque is better. Likewise, if there are many children in his house and he fears they will disturb him, then praying in the mosque is better.
And if a person says: Why is prayer in the house better, except for the obligatory prayer?We say: Because it is further from showing off; for in your house, no one sees you except your family, if they see you. But in the mosque, everyone sees you.
And because it accustoms the household to prayer. Therefore, if you stand to pray and you have a boy who is two or three years old, you will find him praying with you, even if you do not order him to; but he loves to follow, so there is this great benefit in it.
Also, so that you do not fall into what is prohibited; because the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) said: (Do not make your houses like graves), meaning: do not make them like graves where no prayer is performed in them.
Then these are three benefits: The first benefit: being far from showing off.
The second benefit: Accustoming the household to prayer and making them love it.
The third benefit: Not falling into what the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) prohibited in his saying: (Do not make your houses like graves).
The jurists (may Allah have mercy on them) mentioned: It is recommended for a person to separate the voluntary prayer from the obligatory prayer, either by speaking or by moving from his place.Regarding the hadith of Mu'awiyah, he said: (We were commanded by the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) not to connect one prayer to another until we go out or speak).
Accordingly, it is better to separate the obligatory prayer from the voluntary prayer.
But there is something better than that, which is to perform the voluntary prayer in the house; because the voluntary prayer in the house is better than the voluntary prayer in the mosque, even in the Sacred Mosque. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) said, while in Medina and in his mosque, in which prayer is better than a thousand prayers in any other place except the Sacred Mosque,He said: (The best prayer of a man is in his house, except for the obligatory prayer), and he himself used to perform the voluntary prayer in his house.
Some people think that the voluntary prayer in the mosque is better, but that is not the case. Yes, if it were assumed that a man has work and fears that if he leaves the mosque he will forget the regular voluntary prayer,So here we say to him: then praying in the mosque is better. Likewise, if there are many children in his house and he fears they will disturb him, then praying in the mosque is better.
And if a person says: Why is prayer in the house better, except for the obligatory prayer?We say: Because it is further from showing off; for in your house, no one sees you except your family, if they see you. But in the mosque, everyone sees you.
And because it accustoms the household to prayer. Therefore, if you stand to pray and you have a boy who is two or three years old, you will find him praying with you, even if you do not order him to; but he loves to follow, so there is this great benefit in it.
Also, so that you do not fall into what is prohibited; because the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) said: (Do not make your houses like graves), meaning: do not make them like graves where no prayer is performed in them.
Then these are three benefits: The first benefit: being far from showing off.
The second benefit: Accustoming the household to prayer and making them love it.
The third benefit: Not falling into what the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) prohibited in his saying: (Do not make your houses like graves).