Continuation of the discussion on the topic of missing the congregational prayer at the company in order to catch the breaking of the fast with it.
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The Shaykh : Is it not possible to apply this system at the company? One breaks his fast with some dates or bites of food, then goes to the company mosque and prays. Is there a problem with this?
The questioner: No.
The Shaykh : So the question is, why?
The questioner : He breaks his fast first...
The Shaykh : He breaks his fast because he wants to fill up. We say the recommended practice (sunnah) is not to eat until one is full and the prayer is missed, but rather to combine the two matters. He breaks his fast with a sip of water if nothing else is available, then goes and prays, then returns and breaks his fast. This resolves the problem, for example. Is that not so?
The questioner : The breaking of the fast is collective...?
The Shaykh : My dear friend, this breaking of the fast is for satiety.
The questioner : ... Many do not pray... It seems that if he does not break his fast with the group, the factory group, his meal is missed, so he does not get his right to the meal. Is that correct?
The Shaykh : That is how the matter is, my brother. His meal is missed? Your question is yes.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : The important point in the matter is: do you fear that you will miss the congregational prayer, or that you will miss the collective meal... It is a strange thing. If you fear that you will miss the congregational prayer, then you have the choice, because this congregation is a special one and the mosque is a special one. The rulings regarding the dislike of a second congregation in such a mosque do not apply. So it is possible for you and others who are committed to the rulings of the Shari'ah to combine a second congregational prayer with a full meal after finishing the second congregation, because this second congregation in this mosque is permissible. Do you understand how? Because it is not a public mosque, but rather a mosque specific to the company. However, if you are as our brother here described, and as they say about us in Syria, where everyone "sings to his own tune," your concern was not the food, but perhaps in some companies, as our second brother described, if one fears that his food will be missed, it is permissible for him to eat his need of food, then go to this mosque with those like him and pray a second congregation. Because in this case, what is he losing for himself? He is combining two virtues: the first is hastening to break the fast, and the second is hastening to perform the Maghrib prayer. So if he breaks his fast as we mentioned with bites of food or dates, then goes to the mosque, he has combined the two virtues. But if he sits and eats until he is almost full, as we mentioned, then stands up to pray, he has not hastened in the prayer, so he missed a virtue, but he gained a virtue. He gained the virtue of hastening to break the fast, and he missed the virtue of hastening to the Maghrib prayer. But he has not sinned. Therefore, there is no blame on him whether he did this or that, or otherwise.
The questioner: No.
The Shaykh : So the question is, why?
The questioner : He breaks his fast first...
The Shaykh : He breaks his fast because he wants to fill up. We say the recommended practice (sunnah) is not to eat until one is full and the prayer is missed, but rather to combine the two matters. He breaks his fast with a sip of water if nothing else is available, then goes and prays, then returns and breaks his fast. This resolves the problem, for example. Is that not so?
The questioner : The breaking of the fast is collective...?
The Shaykh : My dear friend, this breaking of the fast is for satiety.
The questioner : ... Many do not pray... It seems that if he does not break his fast with the group, the factory group, his meal is missed, so he does not get his right to the meal. Is that correct?
The Shaykh : That is how the matter is, my brother. His meal is missed? Your question is yes.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : The important point in the matter is: do you fear that you will miss the congregational prayer, or that you will miss the collective meal... It is a strange thing. If you fear that you will miss the congregational prayer, then you have the choice, because this congregation is a special one and the mosque is a special one. The rulings regarding the dislike of a second congregation in such a mosque do not apply. So it is possible for you and others who are committed to the rulings of the Shari'ah to combine a second congregational prayer with a full meal after finishing the second congregation, because this second congregation in this mosque is permissible. Do you understand how? Because it is not a public mosque, but rather a mosque specific to the company. However, if you are as our brother here described, and as they say about us in Syria, where everyone "sings to his own tune," your concern was not the food, but perhaps in some companies, as our second brother described, if one fears that his food will be missed, it is permissible for him to eat his need of food, then go to this mosque with those like him and pray a second congregation. Because in this case, what is he losing for himself? He is combining two virtues: the first is hastening to break the fast, and the second is hastening to perform the Maghrib prayer. So if he breaks his fast as we mentioned with bites of food or dates, then goes to the mosque, he has combined the two virtues. But if he sits and eats until he is almost full, as we mentioned, then stands up to pray, he has not hastened in the prayer, so he missed a virtue, but he gained a virtue. He gained the virtue of hastening to break the fast, and he missed the virtue of hastening to the Maghrib prayer. But he has not sinned. Therefore, there is no blame on him whether he did this or that, or otherwise.
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