(Whoever sits in the mosque waiting for the prayer . . . .) How is it to be acted upon now that mosques are closed after the prayer?
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The questioner : The hadith before that, O Shaykh, about sitting in the mosque waiting for the prayer, O Shaykh. Now, mosques are closed after the prayer. If someone sits and cites this hadith against the mu'adhdhin, for example, and wants to keep the mosque open in ...?
The Shaykh : And is the hadith still in effect?
The questioner : Sitting in the mosque waiting for the prayer, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Does "waiting for the prayer" mean waiting from the first prayer, or arriving early for the current prayer? The apparent meaning is the latter, because I do not know of a Companion who waited for a prayer after a prayer, except in the case of Maghrib and 'Isha'.
The questioner : Fajr also passed us by.
The Shaykh : Waiting from 'Isha to Fajr?!
The questioner : No, the hadith is in Muslim, O Shaykh. They sit in the morning after Fajr.
The Shaykh : Yes, this is after the prayer.
The questioner : Okay, if it is locked, he comes ... he closed it.
The Shaykh : The apparent ruling is that if it is locked without your choice, and you asked them to let you stay but they refused, then the apparent ruling is that you are excused. In any case, I do not know that it was the way of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and his Companions to stay after the first prayer until the second prayer, except for what is possible regarding Anas, although there is a possibility that they were waiting for it when they arrived. Yes.
The Shaykh : And is the hadith still in effect?
The questioner : Sitting in the mosque waiting for the prayer, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Does "waiting for the prayer" mean waiting from the first prayer, or arriving early for the current prayer? The apparent meaning is the latter, because I do not know of a Companion who waited for a prayer after a prayer, except in the case of Maghrib and 'Isha'.
The questioner : Fajr also passed us by.
The Shaykh : Waiting from 'Isha to Fajr?!
The questioner : No, the hadith is in Muslim, O Shaykh. They sit in the morning after Fajr.
The Shaykh : Yes, this is after the prayer.
The questioner : Okay, if it is locked, he comes ... he closed it.
The Shaykh : The apparent ruling is that if it is locked without your choice, and you asked them to let you stay but they refused, then the apparent ruling is that you are excused. In any case, I do not know that it was the way of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and his Companions to stay after the first prayer until the second prayer, except for what is possible regarding Anas