Ruling on Delaying the Congregation in Order to Forbid Evil
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I want to forbid evil, and I always delay the congregation. Is there anything required of me?
If you are obligated to do this by the authorities, then there is nothing on you.
The questioner: For example, for the Maghrib prayer, I sometimes delay by ten minutes or a quarter of an hour.
The Shaykh: I have answered you: if you are under the authority of the one in authority, there is nothing wrong with it; for the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: (I was about to order that the prayer be established, then order a man to lead the people, then set out with men carrying bundles of firewood to a people who do not attend the congregation or do not attend the prayer, and burn their houses down with fire) Here, leaving the congregation that this man established by his order for the sake of the delinquents. So if you work under the one in authority, there is nothing wrong with it. But if you do not have a job or position from the one in authority, do not leave the prayer in order to command people; because if you do so, it is like one who burns himself to light the way for people.
If you are obligated to do this by the authorities, then there is nothing on you.
The questioner: For example, for the Maghrib prayer, I sometimes delay by ten minutes or a quarter of an hour.
The Shaykh: I have answered you: if you are under the authority of the one in authority, there is nothing wrong with it; for the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: (I was about to order that the prayer be established, then order a man to lead the people, then set out with men carrying bundles of firewood to a people who do not attend the congregation or do not attend the prayer, and burn their houses down with fire) Here, leaving the congregation that this man established by his order for the sake of the delinquents. So if you work under the one in authority, there is nothing wrong with it. But if you do not have a job or position from the one in authority, do not leave the prayer in order to command people; because if you do so, it is like one who burns himself to light the way for people.