What is the ruling on following the imam with the pleasant voice and leaving the nearby mosque in Ramadan?
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The questioner : Many people in Ramadan strive to perform the prayer behind an imam whose recitation is good in the Book and the Sunnah... they pray with him, and some people disapprove of them... like this...
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Is there a basis for disapproving of this?
The Shaykh : Yes, if it leads to the mosques being left empty, as happens in some places where people do not pray in the mosque near the one whose imam has a pleasant voice and recitation, and this is not appropriate, so their prayer in their own mosques is better. However, if a person’s mosque is not left empty by his going to the second mosque, there is no harm.
The questioner : But Shaykh, may Allah reward you, if he does not pray the prayer and goes to his house, no one says anything.
The Shaykh : Who?
The questioner : This man who prayed in the second mosque.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : If he went to his house, no one would say anything, but if he went to pray, they would speak.
The Shaykh : Yes, because if he goes to his house, no one follows his example, but if he goes to the second mosque, people follow his example and continue to do so, yes.
The reciter: The chapter on supplication in the night prayer and standing in it.
The reciter: Abdullah ibn Hashim ibn Hayyan al-Abdi narrated to me, saying.
The Shaykh : Ibn Hashim.
The reader: ... .
The Shaykh : Abdullah ibn Hashim, not Hashim with us, the copy I have is from Muhammad Ali Subayh and his sons, yes.
The student: ... Hashim.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Is there a basis for disapproving of this?
The Shaykh : Yes, if it leads to the mosques being left empty, as happens in some places where people do not pray in the mosque near the one whose imam has a pleasant voice and recitation, and this is not appropriate, so their prayer in their own mosques is better. However, if a person’s mosque is not left empty by his going to the second mosque, there is no harm.
The questioner : But Shaykh, may Allah reward you, if he does not pray the prayer and goes to his house, no one says anything.
The Shaykh : Who?
The questioner : This man who prayed in the second mosque.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : If he went to his house, no one would say anything, but if he went to pray, they would speak.
The Shaykh : Yes, because if he goes to his house, no one follows his example, but if he goes to the second mosque, people follow his example and continue to do so, yes.
The reciter: The chapter on supplication in the night prayer and standing in it.
The reciter: Abdullah ibn Hashim ibn Hayyan al-Abdi narrated to me, saying.
The Shaykh : Ibn Hashim.
The reader: ... .
The Shaykh : Abdullah ibn Hashim, not Hashim with us, the copy I have is from Muhammad Ali Subayh and his sons, yes.
The student: ... Hashim.