The Ruling on Having Multiple Congregations in One Mosque
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His Eminence the Shaykh: What is the ruling on having multiple congregations in a mosque that has a regular imam and a regular mu'adhdhin?
Having multiple congregations is divided into two categories: The first category is when this is a regular practice, such that the second congregation intentionally delays so that another congregation is established. This is a bid'ah (religious innovation); because only one congregation is established in a mosque.
And the second category: The second category is when it is not a regular or customary practice; but after the first congregation finishes, people come and enter the mosque and pray in congregation. This is prescribed and a sunnah (recommended practice); because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was with his Companions one day, and a man entered who had missed the prayer,So he said: (Who will give charity to this man and pray with him?) So one of the Companions stood up and prayed with him.
And because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) said: (The prayer of a man with another man is purer than his prayer alone, and his prayer with two men is purer than his prayer with one man, and the more there are, the more beloved it is to Allah) .
As for the assumption of those who assume among the people that establishing a second congregation is a bid'ah (religious innovation), this is correct if it is done as a regular, customary practice. But what is incidental, establishing a second congregation is a sunnah (recommended practice); due to the command of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family).
The questioner: What if he establishes it in his home after the first congregation has finished?The Shaykh: No.
In the mosque is better; because establishing it in the mosque may increase the congregation. People who come later may join, making it better. Also, it is the norm that a person leaves his house for the mosque in order to pray with the congregation, but he misses it. He arrives and they have already prayed. If it is established in the mosque, this is more beneficial for him and for others; because perhaps if he and his companion returned to the house and prayed in congregation, another person might come, for example, and enter after the first congregation has finished and find no congregation, so he would miss the congregation. So the best is for it to be in the mosque.
Yes.
If it is assumed that he knew in his house that the congregation had finished,So here we say: There is no difference. Pray in your house; because if he goes to the mosque, he may be embarrassed to face the people while they are leaving the prayer, so he prays in his house.
But if he has come and entered the mosque and found that they have prayed, he does not leave, but prays with the congregation in the mosque.
Having multiple congregations is divided into two categories: The first category is when this is a regular practice, such that the second congregation intentionally delays so that another congregation is established. This is a bid'ah (religious innovation); because only one congregation is established in a mosque.
And the second category: The second category is when it is not a regular or customary practice; but after the first congregation finishes, people come and enter the mosque and pray in congregation. This is prescribed and a sunnah (recommended practice); because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was with his Companions one day, and a man entered who had missed the prayer,So he said: (Who will give charity to this man and pray with him?) So one of the Companions stood up and prayed with him.
And because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) said: (The prayer of a man with another man is purer than his prayer alone, and his prayer with two men is purer than his prayer with one man, and the more there are, the more beloved it is to Allah) .
As for the assumption of those who assume among the people that establishing a second congregation is a bid'ah (religious innovation), this is correct if it is done as a regular, customary practice. But what is incidental, establishing a second congregation is a sunnah (recommended practice); due to the command of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family).
The questioner: What if he establishes it in his home after the first congregation has finished?The Shaykh: No.
In the mosque is better; because establishing it in the mosque may increase the congregation. People who come later may join, making it better. Also, it is the norm that a person leaves his house for the mosque in order to pray with the congregation, but he misses it. He arrives and they have already prayed. If it is established in the mosque, this is more beneficial for him and for others; because perhaps if he and his companion returned to the house and prayed in congregation, another person might come, for example, and enter after the first congregation has finished and find no congregation, so he would miss the congregation. So the best is for it to be in the mosque.
Yes.
If it is assumed that he knew in his house that the congregation had finished,So here we say: There is no difference. Pray in your house; because if he goes to the mosque, he may be embarrassed to face the people while they are leaving the prayer, so he prays in his house.
But if he has come and entered the mosque and found that they have prayed, he does not leave, but prays with the congregation in the mosque.