Is it prescribed to travel to a specific place to perform the Friday prayer?
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The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : Is it permissible, O Shaykh, for a resident to travel to perform the Friday prayer in another country?
The Shaykh : Is it permissible to go to a country to perform the Friday prayer there?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : If his intention is to venerate the place, it is forbidden, because one does not travel except for three purposes: to the mosques. However, if his intention is to benefit from the imam's sermon because it is a beneficial sermon, there is no harm. This is traveling for knowledge, not traveling for the mosque. Therefore, if this imam moved to another country, he would follow him.
The questioner : If he travels to be the imam?
The Shaykh : There is no harm in that. This is traveling to seek knowledge.
The questioner : Is it permissible, O Shaykh, for a resident to travel to perform the Friday prayer in another country?
The Shaykh : Is it permissible to go to a country to perform the Friday prayer there?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : If his intention is to venerate the place, it is forbidden, because one does not travel except for three purposes: to the mosques. However, if his intention is to benefit from the imam's sermon because it is a beneficial sermon, there is no harm. This is traveling for knowledge, not traveling for the mosque. Therefore, if this imam moved to another country, he would follow him.
The questioner : If he travels to be the imam?
The Shaykh : There is no harm in that. This is traveling to seek knowledge.