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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Is the Friday prayer and the congregational prayer waived for the traveler?

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The Shaykh : If the Friday prayer is waived for the traveler, is the congregational prayer waived? And is it permissible for a Muslim, if he hears the call to prayer while traveling, to pray in a congregation other than the mosque congregation?
Answer: Yes; because the Friday prayer is more emphatic in its obligation than the congregational prayer. And since it is known that the Friday prayer is waived for the traveler due to the excuse of travel, the congregational prayer in the mosque is waived a fortiori. However, there is a congregation that is not waived for the traveler: the specific congregation. It is as the questioner asked: Is it permissible for a Muslim, if he hears the call to prayer while traveling, to pray in a congregation other than the mosque congregation?
So I say, in answer to this hypothetical in the question: It is obligatory for travelers, if they do not attend the mosque congregation, to form a congregation themselves. The question here implies that they might form a congregation with a group who may be residents. This would assist them in abandoning what is obligatory upon them, which is to pray in the mosque. It is obligatory for residents to pray in congregation in the mosque. As for travelers, if they take the dispensation to leave the congregation, just as they take the dispensation to leave the Friday prayer in the mosque, it is not permissible for them, as travelers, to leave the congregation among themselves. This is based on the hadith in al-Bukhari that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to Malik ibn al-Huwayris and a man who was with him, or someone else:
If you travel, give the call to prayer and let the older of you in age lead the prayer. إذا سافَرْتُما فأذِّنا وَلْيؤمَّكما أكبَرُكما سنًّا
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Give the call to prayer and let the older of you in age lead the prayer. أذِّنا ، وليؤمَّكما أكبَرُكما سنًّا
. So he commanded them to give the call to prayer and commanded them to pray in congregation as well. This congregation is specific to travelers; so let no one imagine that if a traveler is with a group, the congregational prayer is waived for him absolutely and they pray individually like this. No, it is obligatory for them to pray in congregation, but it is not obligatory for them to pray in the mosque.

The questioner : ... a week or two weeks.

The Shaykh : Keep your question; because we do not want to move on to questions other than the recorded ones until we have finished with them.
Source www.al-albany.com

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