What is the ruling for one who is torn between praying in a mosque that is very far away and a mosque that is close but contains a grave?
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The Shaykh : He should pray in the mosque with the congregation. He is between a near mosque and a far one, where the near one has a grave and the far one is free of such a thing, but if he goes to the far one, he will miss the congregational prayer. In this case, he is also between two harms: either not praying with the congregation and praying alone, or praying with the congregation in a mosque where the original ruling is the prohibition of prayer.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Here, like the time-based and place-based times for pilgrims, this topic benefits us completely. May Allah reward you with good. A little, a little, but in the name of Allah, and as we said, regarding prayer in the times of dislike.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : ... recorded.
The questioner : ... O our Shaykh.
The Shaykh: All right.
The questioner : We do not see the Shaykh except on special occasions... Our Shaykh, we hope to meet you, but there is no time, so I do not know. I do not want to say what the woman said to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) when she saw him and said, "What if I do not find you?" He said:.
The Shaykh: Allah is the Greatest!
The questioner : We, our Shaykh, we hope to see you always, but we are unable to do so, neither to speak on the phone nor to see you face to face.
The Shaykh : Allah is the Helper.
The questioner: So we are deprived, that is the truth, our Shaykh.
The Shaykh : We ask Allah to teach us and you what benefits us all.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : And to make easy for us the means of meeting.
The questioner : Allah is the Helper.
The Shaykh : The important thing is that we conclude with the answer to this question.
The questioner: Yes, Shaykh.
The Shaykh : At the very least, I say that just as the one who catches up with the prayer finds himself between the two prostrations, either he misses it entirely until the time ends, or he prays it in the time of dislike.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : And here, too, we say that either he misses the obligatory prayer, which is the congregation, or he prays it in the mosque where prayer is prohibited. Here, as there, it is the same example. The Muslim must, in this state, choose the lesser of the two evils. And we know that the prohibition of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in those many narrations that I cited at the beginning of my book, Warning for the Prostrator, is from the category of blocking the means to harm.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Just as the prohibition of prayer in the disliked times is also from the category of blocking the means to harm, the operative cause is one. And just as prayer is permissible in the time of dislike, though disliked, especially if it is due to negligence, so too is the congregational prayer permissible in this mosque, where the original ruling is the prohibition of prayer, if he does not intend to pray in it because it is a mosque with a grave, but rather he intends to pray in it to fulfill the obligation of the congregation. This is the guidance for what you asked about.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : And beware of that.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Here, like the time-based and place-based times for pilgrims, this topic benefits us completely. May Allah reward you with good. A little, a little, but in the name of Allah, and as we said, regarding prayer in the times of dislike.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : ... recorded.
The questioner : ... O our Shaykh.
The Shaykh: All right.
The questioner : We do not see the Shaykh except on special occasions... Our Shaykh, we hope to meet you, but there is no time, so I do not know. I do not want to say what the woman said to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) when she saw him and said, "What if I do not find you?" He said:
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ائتي أبا بكرThe Shaykh: Allah is the Greatest!
The questioner : We, our Shaykh, we hope to see you always, but we are unable to do so, neither to speak on the phone nor to see you face to face.
The Shaykh : Allah is the Helper.
The questioner: So we are deprived, that is the truth, our Shaykh.
The Shaykh : We ask Allah to teach us and you what benefits us all.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : And to make easy for us the means of meeting.
The questioner : Allah is the Helper.
The Shaykh : The important thing is that we conclude with the answer to this question.
The questioner: Yes, Shaykh.
The Shaykh : At the very least, I say that just as the one who catches up with the prayer finds himself between the two prostrations, either he misses it entirely until the time ends, or he prays it in the time of dislike.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : And here, too, we say that either he misses the obligatory prayer, which is the congregation, or he prays it in the mosque where prayer is prohibited. Here, as there, it is the same example. The Muslim must, in this state, choose the lesser of the two evils. And we know that the prohibition of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in those many narrations that I cited at the beginning of my book, Warning for the Prostrator, is from the category of blocking the means to harm.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Just as the prohibition of prayer in the disliked times is also from the category of blocking the means to harm, the operative cause is one. And just as prayer is permissible in the time of dislike, though disliked, especially if it is due to negligence, so too is the congregational prayer permissible in this mosque, where the original ruling is the prohibition of prayer, if he does not intend to pray in it because it is a mosque with a grave, but rather he intends to pray in it to fulfill the obligation of the congregation. This is the guidance for what you asked about.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : And beware of that.
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