He says: If the time for prayer has entered and the mu'adhdhin has called to prayer, and there are people in your house, and their number is only two, is the prayer valid as a congregation in the house, or is it necessary to go to the mosque?
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The questioner : He says: If the time for prayer has entered and the mu'adhdhin has called to prayer, and there are people in your house, and their number is only two, is the prayer valid as a congregation in the house, or is it necessary to go to the mosque?
The Shaykh : The correct view is that it is necessary to go to the mosque, and that it is not permissible for a person to establish the congregation in his house, because the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Sahih Muslim 651b Then he said: .
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : This includes both individuals and groups. It is obligatory for the Muslim to pray the congregational prayer in the mosques that were built for the establishment of prayer. As for if every group prays in their own house, the mosques would be abandoned and affairs would not be set right. It is not permissible for him to pray with them in his house; rather, it is obligatory for him to say, "Let us go out to the mosque," and for them all to go out to the mosque.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The Shaykh : The correct view is that it is necessary to go to the mosque, and that it is not permissible for a person to establish the congregation in his house, because the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
and command a person to lead people in prayer, and I should then go along with some persons having a fagot of fuel with them to the people who have not attended the prayer (in congregation) and would burn their houses with fire.
ثم ءامر رجلاً يصلي بالناس ثم أنطلق إلى أقوام لا يشهدون الجماعة فأحرق عليهم بيوتهم بالنارTo a group of people
إلى أقوامThe questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : This includes both individuals and groups. It is obligatory for the Muslim to pray the congregational prayer in the mosques that were built for the establishment of prayer. As for if every group prays in their own house, the mosques would be abandoned and affairs would not be set right. It is not permissible for him to pray with them in his house; rather, it is obligatory for him to say, "Let us go out to the mosque," and for them all to go out to the mosque.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes.