My brother in Britain sends you his greetings and asks you, saying: We have two mosques in our city in Britain, and after the festival prayer, a group from the mosque went on
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The questioner : A final question: I have a brother in Britain, who of course sends you his greetings, and he asks: In our city, there are only two mosques in this city. On the day of the festival, the young men of the mosque went on a trip, so the imam of the mosque locked the mosque... So only one mosque remained in the city, and the people went... to the mosque. Is this action we took correct or incorrect, and it is closing the mosque?
The Shaykh : You know that the festival prayer in the lands of Islam is not prayed, or its prayer is not prescribed, in the mosques, but rather it is prayed outside the town. So did those who went out and closed the mosque pray the festival prayer or did they not pray the festival prayer?
The questioner : Yes, after the festival prayer.
The Shaykh : What festival prayer? Did they pray the festival prayer outside the mosque?
The questioner : No, no, they pray there in the mosque.
The Shaykh : My brother, you say there are two mosques. One mosque was closed. Why? Because its people went out. When they went out, did they pray the festival prayer or did they not?
The questioner : They prayed.
The Shaykh : Where?
The questioner : In the mosque itself.
Another questioner: They prayed in the mosque, and after the festival prayer, they went on a trip, for example, to enjoy themselves, and they prayed the midday prayer, for example, outside, and the mosque was locked.
The questioner : They stayed for a day or two.
The Shaykh : ... You say there are two mosques. They left one mosque and opened another. Why did they close the mosque?
The questioner : They were out on a trip.
The Shaykh : Ah, so if they did not pray in the mosque.
The questioner : Yes, exactly.
Abu Malik: Let us... I volunteer... You say they prayed the festival prayer in the mosque, then they went out...
The questioner : Yes, exactly.
Abu Malik: ... The festival prayer, our Shaykh... His question is: The people of the mosque who pray in this neighborhood, after they prayed the festival prayer, they went out and were absent from it, and the mosque remained closed. Is what they did good or not good? That is the question.
The questioner : A day or two...
Abu Malik: ... The prayer times, meaning five times, seven times, ten times?
The Shaykh : ... Did they pray the festival prayer in the mosque?
The questioner : Yes, exactly.
The Shaykh : Then they closed the mosque.
The questioner : Yes, they closed the mosque.
The Shaykh : Okay, and they stayed outside.
The questioner : They went on a trip.
The Shaykh : How many days?
The questioner : One day.
The Shaykh : You say the mosque was closed for a day or two?
The questioner : Yes, exactly.
The Shaykh : Why?
The questioner : It is not... a day or two... Yes.
The Shaykh : Summarize the question, may Allah reward you. What is the question now?
The questioner : Their going on the trip and closing the mosque, so the issue of closing the mosque for a full day?
Another questioner: Is it a good deed or not a good deed?
The Shaykh : Closing the mosques means suspending worship!
The questioner : Yes, that is the question!
The Shaykh : So why?
The questioner : I mean, for the sake of trust, they told me to ask Shaykh Nasir.
The Shaykh :"And nothing is sound in the understanding *** If the day needs proof"
Abu Malik: The Shaykh did not answer you... Did you understand the Shaykh's answer?
The questioner : Yes.
Abu Malik: What is it?
The questioner : That it is not permissible.
Abu Malik: But the Shaykh did not tell you it is not permissible...
Another questioner: May Allah reward you, O Shaykh, and prolong your life.
The Shaykh : You know that the festival prayer in the lands of Islam is not prayed, or its prayer is not prescribed, in the mosques, but rather it is prayed outside the town. So did those who went out and closed the mosque pray the festival prayer or did they not pray the festival prayer?
The questioner : Yes, after the festival prayer.
The Shaykh : What festival prayer? Did they pray the festival prayer outside the mosque?
The questioner : No, no, they pray there in the mosque.
The Shaykh : My brother, you say there are two mosques. One mosque was closed. Why? Because its people went out. When they went out, did they pray the festival prayer or did they not?
The questioner : They prayed.
The Shaykh : Where?
The questioner : In the mosque itself.
Another questioner: They prayed in the mosque, and after the festival prayer, they went on a trip, for example, to enjoy themselves, and they prayed the midday prayer, for example, outside, and the mosque was locked.
The questioner : They stayed for a day or two.
The Shaykh : ... You say there are two mosques. They left one mosque and opened another. Why did they close the mosque?
The questioner : They were out on a trip.
The Shaykh : Ah, so if they did not pray in the mosque.
The questioner : Yes, exactly.
Abu Malik: Let us... I volunteer... You say they prayed the festival prayer in the mosque, then they went out...
The questioner : Yes, exactly.
Abu Malik: ... The festival prayer, our Shaykh... His question is: The people of the mosque who pray in this neighborhood, after they prayed the festival prayer, they went out and were absent from it, and the mosque remained closed. Is what they did good or not good? That is the question.
The questioner : A day or two...
Abu Malik: ... The prayer times, meaning five times, seven times, ten times?
The Shaykh : ... Did they pray the festival prayer in the mosque?
The questioner : Yes, exactly.
The Shaykh : Then they closed the mosque.
The questioner : Yes, they closed the mosque.
The Shaykh : Okay, and they stayed outside.
The questioner : They went on a trip.
The Shaykh : How many days?
The questioner : One day.
The Shaykh : You say the mosque was closed for a day or two?
The questioner : Yes, exactly.
The Shaykh : Why?
The questioner : It is not... a day or two... Yes.
The Shaykh : Summarize the question, may Allah reward you. What is the question now?
The questioner : Their going on the trip and closing the mosque, so the issue of closing the mosque for a full day?
Another questioner: Is it a good deed or not a good deed?
The Shaykh : Closing the mosques means suspending worship!
The questioner : Yes, that is the question!
The Shaykh : So why?
The questioner : I mean, for the sake of trust, they told me to ask Shaykh Nasir.
The Shaykh :"And nothing is sound in the understanding *** If the day needs proof"
Abu Malik: The Shaykh did not answer you... Did you understand the Shaykh's answer?
The questioner : Yes.
Abu Malik: What is it?
The questioner : That it is not permissible.
Abu Malik: But the Shaykh did not tell you it is not permissible...
Another questioner: May Allah reward you, O Shaykh, and prolong your life.