But if he believes or is certain that he will not catch the prayer because the mosque is far, or his home is also far, or the water is far, and he sits behind the rows to listen to the sermon
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The questioner : But if he believes or is certain that he will not catch the prayer because the mosque is far, or his home is also far, or the water is far.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : And he sits behind the rows to listen to the sermon only and does not perform the prayer.
The Shaykh : There is nothing wrong with this; there is no blame on him for this.
The questioner : There is nothing wrong with him for this.
The Shaykh : Yes, there is no blame on him for this.
The questioner : This one is asking...
The Shaykh : But I have a note remaining, which is that you said that the festival prayer is among the recommended practices, and the truth is that it is not among the recommended practices, but rather it is among the obligatory duties, and the correct opinion among the scholars is that it is an individual obligation.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : And that it is obligatory for a person to perform the festival prayer and not miss it except for an excuse.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) commanded it even for the menstruating women and those in their seclusion, except that the menstruating women should stay away from the prayer place, and what he commanded is originally obligatory. This is the choice of Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allah have mercy on him). This does not contradict the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) to the Bedouin when he mentioned to him the five prayers, and he said, "Is there anything else upon me?" He said:Sunan an-Nasa'i 458Sahih (Darussalam) So the festival prayer is among the obligatory prayers for a specific occasion; it is not among the daily prayers. As for the daily prayer, nothing is obligatory in it except the five. As for the prayers for a specific occasion, there are prayers that are obligatory and are not among the five prayers.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : This message is from Ali Muhammad Ahmad Naji al-Yamani, and we ask our brother Ali to try to improve his handwriting or to assign someone to write his questions so that they can be read in the required manner.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : And he sits behind the rows to listen to the sermon only and does not perform the prayer.
The Shaykh : There is nothing wrong with this; there is no blame on him for this.
The questioner : There is nothing wrong with him for this.
The Shaykh : Yes, there is no blame on him for this.
The questioner : This one is asking...
The Shaykh : But I have a note remaining, which is that you said that the festival prayer is among the recommended practices, and the truth is that it is not among the recommended practices, but rather it is among the obligatory duties, and the correct opinion among the scholars is that it is an individual obligation.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : And that it is obligatory for a person to perform the festival prayer and not miss it except for an excuse.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) commanded it even for the menstruating women and those in their seclusion, except that the menstruating women should stay away from the prayer place, and what he commanded is originally obligatory. This is the choice of Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allah have mercy on him). This does not contradict the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) to the Bedouin when he mentioned to him the five prayers, and he said, "Is there anything else upon me?" He said:
No, unless you do it voluntarily.
لا إلا أن تطوعThe questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : This message is from Ali Muhammad Ahmad Naji al-Yamani, and we ask our brother Ali to try to improve his handwriting or to assign someone to write his questions so that they can be read in the required manner.