Chapter: The virtue of congregational prayer. Al-Aswad used to go to another mosque if he missed the congregation.

The reader: Chapter: The virtue of congregational prayer. Al-Aswad used to go to another mosque if he missed the congregation. It is reported that Anas came to a mosque where the prayer had already been performed, so he called the adhan and the iqamah, and prayed in congregation.

The Shaykh : After mentioning its obligation, he mentioned its virtue. It is a known legal principle that performing an obligatory act is better than performing a voluntary act, based on the saying of Allah the Exalted in the Qudsi Hadith: Then he mentioned the two narrations. The first is from Al-Aswad, who used to go to another mosque if he missed the prayer in one mosque, in order to catch the congregation. The second is that Anas, when he came to a mosque where the prayer had already been performed, would call the adhan and the iqamah and pray in congregation. This is evidence for the permissibility of repeating the congregation in the same mosque. As for the adhan of Anas ibn Malik (may Allah be pleased with him), it is understood to mean that he had not heard the adhan; for example, he arrived in the town after the adhan had been called while he was in the desert and had not heard it, so he called the adhan. However, for one who is in the town, it is not prescribed to repeat the adhan, because the adhan of the town has removed the obligation of the adhan. Therefore, if the time for prayer catches you while you are traveling, and then you arrive in the city after the prayer has been missed, you should call the adhan and the iqamah, even if you are in the mosque, because the adhan was called in a place where you did not hear it. Yes.