University students who are late for the Zuhr prayer and consistently pray in congregation after the original congregation: is this permissible?
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The questioner : We are university students, meaning, for example, we are late for the Zuhr prayer, so we pray in congregation, continuing the congregation after the original congregation. Is this permissible to continue, or not?
The Shaykh : In the same mosque?
The questioner : Yes, in the same mosque.
The Shaykh : The mosque of the congregation?
I do not see this as permissible, because this means you are committing to establishing a congregation after another.
But pray together at your residence, and leave the mosque for its people to pray one prayer.
The questioner : But what if it is a mosque, for example, on the road? Is it okay if we always pray congregations there, one congregation after another?
The Shaykh : That is fine. There is no harm in mosques on roads; it is fine for congregations to pray in them whenever a group arrives, because these mosques are not for one single congregation, but are prepared for everyone who passes by this road. Yes.
The Shaykh : In the same mosque?
The questioner : Yes, in the same mosque.
The Shaykh : The mosque of the congregation?
I do not see this as permissible, because this means you are committing to establishing a congregation after another.
But pray together at your residence, and leave the mosque for its people to pray one prayer.
The questioner : But what if it is a mosque, for example, on the road? Is it okay if we always pray congregations there, one congregation after another?
The Shaykh : That is fine. There is no harm in mosques on roads; it is fine for congregations to pray in them whenever a group arrives, because these mosques are not for one single congregation, but are prepared for everyone who passes by this road. Yes.