It is better for the traveler to pray in the mosques along the roads or in the open countryside
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What is better if I am traveling: to pray in the mosques built along the roads, or in the open countryside?
If you are traveling, pray wherever the time for prayer catches you. So if the time enters and you are far from the station that has a mosque, and you have water, then perform the ablution and pray. This is what is better.By the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): (Whoever from my Ummah is caught by the time for prayer, let him pray). As for if you are near, the place where prayer is performed is better than other places where it is not performed.Because the jurists (may Allah have mercy on them) said: The old mosque is more deserving of being prayed in than the new mosque.
They attributed this to the precedence of prayer in it.
Then, when you arrive at the station and pray in the mosque, you may find a congregation. The larger the gathering, the better it is. Also, when you pray in the mosques in the stations, you are more certain of facing the qiblah. Indeed, one who prays in the open countryside, if he does not have a qiblah device, may miss it.So it has these three benefits: 1- It is older in terms of worship.
2- It is closer to increasing the congregation.
3- It is closer to hitting the qiblah.
If you are traveling, pray wherever the time for prayer catches you. So if the time enters and you are far from the station that has a mosque, and you have water, then perform the ablution and pray. This is what is better.By the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): (Whoever from my Ummah is caught by the time for prayer, let him pray). As for if you are near, the place where prayer is performed is better than other places where it is not performed.Because the jurists (may Allah have mercy on them) said: The old mosque is more deserving of being prayed in than the new mosque.
They attributed this to the precedence of prayer in it.
Then, when you arrive at the station and pray in the mosque, you may find a congregation. The larger the gathering, the better it is. Also, when you pray in the mosques in the stations, you are more certain of facing the qiblah. Indeed, one who prays in the open countryside, if he does not have a qiblah device, may miss it.So it has these three benefits: 1- It is older in terms of worship.
2- It is closer to increasing the congregation.
3- It is closer to hitting the qiblah.