What is the ruling on some of the worshippers who leave the mosque when the imam stands to combine the prayers?
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The questioner : The worshippers follow a school of jurisprudence in which their imam does not combine the prayers, or they do not follow combining the prayers in the cold or during travel in the rain, whether combining by bringing forward or delaying in the rain. Is it permissible for them to leave if the imam intends to combine, if the imam has decided to combine in the mosque?
The Shaykh : I understood. They do not have that right, because they are contrary to the Sunnah first in their turning away from combining the prayers, and then they divide the word.
The questioner : One of your very senior students said, "I will meet Abu Faris and I will see this fatwa from him. How can he say this to people?"
The Shaykh : You issued this fatwa.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Hahaha, I am asking your permission. I have an appointment tonight, if Allah wills, with some of our brothers, so our appointment is to complete some other research...
The questioner: There is no power nor strength except with Allah.
The Shaykh : And peace be upon you.
The questioner : Those who pray eleven rak'ahs in the Haram and go out, leaving the imam to pray twenty or thirty-six.
The Shaykh : Those who followed the first imam.
The questioner : It should not be a division, meaning.
The Shaykh: No.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : I understood. They do not have that right, because they are contrary to the Sunnah first in their turning away from combining the prayers, and then they divide the word.
The questioner : One of your very senior students said, "I will meet Abu Faris and I will see this fatwa from him. How can he say this to people?"
The Shaykh : You issued this fatwa.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Hahaha, I am asking your permission. I have an appointment tonight, if Allah wills, with some of our brothers, so our appointment is to complete some other research...
The questioner: There is no power nor strength except with Allah.
The Shaykh : And peace be upon you.
The questioner : Those who pray eleven rak'ahs in the Haram and go out, leaving the imam to pray twenty or thirty-six.
The Shaykh : Those who followed the first imam.
The questioner : It should not be a division, meaning.
The Shaykh: No.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
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