Is it permissible to miss the Friday prayer due to the wrongdoings present in the mosque?
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The questioner : Okay, Shaykh, there in Yemen, in the Friday prayer, there are widespread wrongdoings that you know of, like the collective dhikr and such. Is it permissible for me to attend the Friday prayer?
The Shaykh : Do you mean, do you pray alone, or do you pray in another mosque?
The questioner : I am from Jeddah and I go to Yemen.
The Shaykh: May Allah guide you.
The questioner : So I stay, for example, for two months.
The Shaykh : I am asking you about your question, what do you mean? Do you mean he prays alone and leaves the Friday prayer, or what do you mean?
The questioner : Yes, he prays alone.
The Shaykh : No, it is not permissible.
The questioner : Should I attend the Friday prayer?
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : With the wrongdoings that are in it.
The Shaykh : It is more sinful than praying alone.
The questioner : Okay, may Allah reward you, Shaykh.
The Shaykh : And beware of that.
The questioner : Peace be upon you and Allah's mercy.
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace and the mercy of Allah and His blessings. Welcome, Abu 'Ammar.
The student : ... There is no power nor strength except by Allah.
The Shaykh : It is bad luck for me, Abu 'Ammar, welcome. Why am I not losing out?
The student : You are losing the reward and the recompense, not what Allah willed. May Allah reward you with good.
The questioner : Shaykh, regarding the houses in Makkah...
The Shaykh : Let us not stray from Abu Islam's question?
The questioner : The question is short.
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner : My question is very short, I mean.
The Shaykh : Ask permission from the owner of the question.
The questioner : He allowed it.
The Shaykh: All right, go ahead.
The questioner : Once I mentioned to some scholars, and he told me a story about one of the Salaf who entered one of the houses in Makkah. Of course, he says he did not pay, meaning he entered a house, like an apartment or a house for rent, without paying. Of course, he relied on the hadith of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that the houses of Makkah... are not rented out. What is the ruling on that?
The Shaykh : This is a matter of scholarly disagreement among the scholars: are the houses of Makkah rented out or not? Keep your question, yes.
The Shaykh : Do you mean, do you pray alone, or do you pray in another mosque?
The questioner : I am from Jeddah and I go to Yemen.
The Shaykh: May Allah guide you.
The questioner : So I stay, for example, for two months.
The Shaykh : I am asking you about your question, what do you mean? Do you mean he prays alone and leaves the Friday prayer, or what do you mean?
The questioner : Yes, he prays alone.
The Shaykh : No, it is not permissible.
The questioner : Should I attend the Friday prayer?
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : With the wrongdoings that are in it.
The Shaykh : It is more sinful than praying alone.
The questioner : Okay, may Allah reward you, Shaykh.
The Shaykh : And beware of that.
The questioner : Peace be upon you and Allah's mercy.
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace and the mercy of Allah and His blessings. Welcome, Abu 'Ammar.
The student : ... There is no power nor strength except by Allah.
The Shaykh : It is bad luck for me, Abu 'Ammar, welcome. Why am I not losing out?
The student : You are losing the reward and the recompense, not what Allah willed. May Allah reward you with good.
The questioner : Shaykh, regarding the houses in Makkah...
The Shaykh : Let us not stray from Abu Islam's question?
The questioner : The question is short.
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner : My question is very short, I mean.
The Shaykh : Ask permission from the owner of the question.
The questioner : He allowed it.
The Shaykh: All right, go ahead.
The questioner : Once I mentioned to some scholars, and he told me a story about one of the Salaf who entered one of the houses in Makkah. Of course, he says he did not pay, meaning he entered a house, like an apartment or a house for rent, without paying. Of course, he relied on the hadith of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that the houses of Makkah... are not rented out. What is the ruling on that?
The Shaykh : This is a matter of scholarly disagreement among the scholars: are the houses of Makkah rented out or not? Keep your question, yes.
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