If I do not go to my home after the prayer, is it better to pray the voluntary prayer in the mosque or in the house I am going to?
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The questioner : He says in this question: If I am not going to my home after the prayer, is it better to pray the voluntary prayer in the mosque or in the house I am going to?
The Shaykh : Did he not have time to go to his companion, and when he leaves his companion and returns to his house, he prays? If he has time, let him do so: he goes out to his companion, and when the gathering ends, he returns to his house and prays. If he fears that he will forget or that the time will become long, let him pray in the mosque, because his prayer in the mosque is easier than saying to his companion, "I want to pray," and if he is asked to pray for him, it becomes more difficult. Praise be to Allah, the matter is broad.
The conclusion is: if it is possible to delay the regular voluntary prayer until he reaches his house, that is better. If it is not possible, his prayer in the mosque is better than his prayer in his companion's house. Yes, if it is assumed that there is a benefit in his praying in his companion's house, which is alerting his companion to this regular voluntary prayer and encouraging him to perform it, then it becomes better from that aspect. Yes.
The questioner : This questioner says: O honorable Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Did he not have time to go to his companion, and when he leaves his companion and returns to his house, he prays? If he has time, let him do so: he goes out to his companion, and when the gathering ends, he returns to his house and prays. If he fears that he will forget or that the time will become long, let him pray in the mosque, because his prayer in the mosque is easier than saying to his companion, "I want to pray," and if he is asked to pray for him, it becomes more difficult. Praise be to Allah, the matter is broad.
The conclusion is: if it is possible to delay the regular voluntary prayer until he reaches his house, that is better. If it is not possible, his prayer in the mosque is better than his prayer in his companion's house. Yes, if it is assumed that there is a benefit in his praying in his companion's house, which is alerting his companion to this regular voluntary prayer and encouraging him to perform it, then it becomes better from that aspect. Yes.
The questioner : This questioner says: O honorable Shaykh.