If building a mosque near another mosque serves a benefit, such as encouraging congregational prayer?

The questioner : Perhaps the distance he mentioned, or perhaps it is more, involves an ascent, meaning it is difficult... Then, from another perspective, there is currently a turning away from the religion, and perhaps in the future there will be a rush toward the religion.

The Shaykh : Every new situation has its own ruling.

The questioner : So, where there is space... this means.

The Shaykh : The important thing now, Professor, is that in the future, spaces may expand, contrary to what you imagine.

Another questioner : ... .

The Shaykh : ... .

The questioner : ... .

The Shaykh : This is a premature question. When we come to apply the Shari'ah, we will be able to... at that time.

Another questioner : ...prayer...

The Shaykh : By prayer, we mean the large mosques, for example, you have the Al-Jawzi Grand Mosque; so you pray in it, and you do not pray in these small mosques.

The questioner : ... .

The Shaykh: Yes.

The questioner : ... .

The Shaykh : If the more steps one takes, the more reward one gets, and there is a hadith in "Al-Sahih": The tribe of Jabir ibn 'Abd Allah al-Ansari, Banu Salimah, wanted to move their houses closer to the Prophet's Mosque (peace and blessings be upon him). When this reached the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), he said: ; meaning, stay in your homes which are far from the mosque, for your footprints are the steps you take to the distant Prophet's Mosque. This distance is a cause for increasing your rewards. It is also reported in other hadiths that every step is recorded for you as a good deed, a bad deed is erased from you, and your rank is raised by it. Therefore, a person should not find it burdensome to go to the mosque if it is far away, for both nearness and distance have their advantages and merits.