I was walking on the road, and I did not realize until the prayer was being established in a mosque near me, and I did not find water near me, so I performed tayammum and prayed, knowing that if I had searched for
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The questioner : This is a questioner from Egypt who says: I was walking on the road, and I did not realize until the prayer was being established in a mosque near me, and I did not find water near me, so I performed tayammum and prayed, knowing that if I had searched for a mosque other than this one, I would have missed the prayer. Is my prayer permissible in this state? I ask you to inform me, may you be rewarded.
The Shaykh : The prayer is not permissible in this state. That is, it is not permissible for a person to perform tayammum in order to catch the congregation, because the prayer is valid without the congregation, even if it is forbidden to pray without the congregation, it is still valid. It is obligatory for this questioner to repeat his prayer after performing wudu, because his first prayer was not valid due to the lack of one of its conditions, which is wudu. Yes.
The questioner : May Allah bless you.
The Shaykh : The prayer is not permissible in this state. That is, it is not permissible for a person to perform tayammum in order to catch the congregation, because the prayer is valid without the congregation, even if it is forbidden to pray without the congregation, it is still valid. It is obligatory for this questioner to repeat his prayer after performing wudu, because his first prayer was not valid due to the lack of one of its conditions, which is wudu. Yes.
The questioner : May Allah bless you.