If the mosque is too small for its people, do they pray in the courtyard next to the mosque?
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The questioner : May Allah reward you, O Shaykh. In some
The Shaykh : Yes
The questioner : villages, there are small mosques that can only accommodate one, two, or three rows. Sometimes the owner of this house
The Shaykh : Yes
The questioner : has a dinner or lunch, a dinner or lunch feast, and this mosque cannot accommodate them due to its narrowness. Do they pray in the courtyard at his place, in the large hall that can accommodate them?
The Shaykh : If the mosque is too small for its people, this is what the questioner is asking: If the mosque is too small for its people, do they pray in the courtyard next to the mosque? We say: No. If the mosque is too small for its people, they pray even in the street, and this is in order for the rows to be connected. Because if they pray in the house, they are not with the congregation in reality. So they pray even in the mosque for the sake of connecting the rows.
The questioner : I mean the entire congregation prays in the house.
The Shaykh : No, no, no. The entire congregation does not pray in the house. They pray in the mosque. What the mosque can accommodate, they are in the mosque, and what it cannot accommodate, they are in the market.
The questioner : Okay, what if there is no space?
The Shaykh : How is there no space?
The questioner : There is no space. The street is dangerous on one side... a car.
The Shaykh : The car, in any case, if the people see them in the street, it will slow down or they will place a sign, for example, a barrel around them, or a signal, or yes.
The Shaykh : Yes
The questioner : villages, there are small mosques that can only accommodate one, two, or three rows. Sometimes the owner of this house
The Shaykh : Yes
The questioner : has a dinner or lunch, a dinner or lunch feast, and this mosque cannot accommodate them due to its narrowness. Do they pray in the courtyard at his place, in the large hall that can accommodate them?
The Shaykh : If the mosque is too small for its people, this is what the questioner is asking: If the mosque is too small for its people, do they pray in the courtyard next to the mosque? We say: No. If the mosque is too small for its people, they pray even in the street, and this is in order for the rows to be connected. Because if they pray in the house, they are not with the congregation in reality. So they pray even in the mosque for the sake of connecting the rows.
The questioner : I mean the entire congregation prays in the house.
The Shaykh : No, no, no. The entire congregation does not pray in the house. They pray in the mosque. What the mosque can accommodate, they are in the mosque, and what it cannot accommodate, they are in the market.
The questioner : Okay, what if there is no space?
The Shaykh : How is there no space?
The questioner : There is no space. The street is dangerous on one side... a car.
The Shaykh : The car, in any case, if the people see them in the street, it will slow down or they will place a sign, for example, a barrel around them, or a signal, or yes.