Our school is located next to a large mosque where the call to prayer for the midday prayer is heard, and they usually establish the prayer during the students' break. Is it obligatory for us to pray with the students in the mosque?
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The questioner : Peace be upon you. Our school is located next to a large mosque where the call to prayer for the midday prayer is heard, and they usually establish the prayer during the students' break. Is it obligatory for us to pray with the students in the mosque, or should we pray in the schoolyard? Then, is the call to prayer obligatory for us? And do we have to force the students to perform the recommended prayers before and after the obligatory prayer, or should we leave them to their own devices?
The Shaykh : Yes, the stronger opinion among the scholars is that it is obligatory to establish the congregational prayer in the mosques, and that if they establish the congregation as a group in a house, they are sinful and must go to the mosque. However, we know that if we told this school, which is located next to the mosque, to go to the mosque and pray, it would cause harm and disturbance to the worshippers in the mosque, because the young boys cannot be controlled. Therefore, what we see is that they should pray in their school, and there is no need for the call to prayer, because the call to prayer has already been fulfilled by the mosque's call, so there is no need to repeat it. As for the second call, it is necessary. Yes.
As for forcing the students to perform the recommended prayers, no, they are not forced to perform the recommended practices, because the recommended practice is not obligatory in the first place, even for an adult, so how could it be for a child? Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes, the stronger opinion among the scholars is that it is obligatory to establish the congregational prayer in the mosques, and that if they establish the congregation as a group in a house, they are sinful and must go to the mosque. However, we know that if we told this school, which is located next to the mosque, to go to the mosque and pray, it would cause harm and disturbance to the worshippers in the mosque, because the young boys cannot be controlled. Therefore, what we see is that they should pray in their school, and there is no need for the call to prayer, because the call to prayer has already been fulfilled by the mosque's call, so there is no need to repeat it. As for the second call, it is necessary. Yes.
As for forcing the students to perform the recommended prayers, no, they are not forced to perform the recommended practices, because the recommended practice is not obligatory in the first place, even for an adult, so how could it be for a child? Yes.