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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Ruling on leaving the congregational prayer due to distance and preoccupation

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From the listener (S. S. B.) from Makkah al-Mukarramah, a message containing a collection of questions, among which is a question that says: In Ramadan, I do not pray Maghrib with the congregation, due to the distance of the mosque and my preoccupation with breaking the fast, knowing that I pray the other obligatory prayers in congregation at the mosque. What is the ruling in this matter? May Allah reward you with good?
Answer: It is obligatory for you to pray Maghrib in the mosque like the other obligatory prayers, if you are able to do so and you hear the call to prayer, based on the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him):
Whoever hears the call for prayer and and does not come (to the mosque for prayer), his prayer will not be accepted from him, unless he has a (legitimate) excuse.من سمع النداء فلم يأت فلا صلاة له، إلا من عذر
Bulugh al-Maram 2:308
It was said to Ibn Abbas: What is the excuse? He said:
Illness or fearمرض أو خوف
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And in Sahih Muslim, from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): that a blind man asked him, saying:
O Messenger of Allah! I have no guide to lead me to the mosque, so do I have a dispensation to pray in my house? So the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to him: Do you hear the call to prayer? He said: Yes. He said: Then respondيا رسول الله! ليس لي قائد يقودني إلى المسجد، فهل لي من رخصة أن أصلي في بيتي؟ فقال له النبي ﷺ: هل تسمع النداء بالصلاة؟ قال: نعم، قال: فأجب
And in a narration other than Muslim, he said:
I do not find any permission for you.لا أجد لك رخصة
Sunan Abi Dawud 552Hasan Sahih (Al-Albani)
If a blind man who has no guide is not permitted by the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) to pray in his house, how much less is it permitted for a seeing, able man?! It is even more so that he is not permitted. So if you hear the call to prayer; you must hasten, eat whatever is easy of the food, three dates, five dates, whatever is easy, then go to the prayer. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and the Companions would break their fast and then go to the prayer, so you likewise break your fast with what Allah has made easy for you, then go to the prayer. As for if the mosque is far from you and you do not hear the call to prayer due to the distance of the mosque, then you are excused, and if you ride in a car or endure the hardship and go, it is better and greater for your reward. Yes. And what is meant by the adhan is: the ordinary adhan without the loudspeakers, where you hear the voice with the ordinary adhan and the moderate voice, which is heard when the voices are quiet, from your place. But if it is via the loudspeakers, otherwise it is far, but ..... via the loudspeaker, then it is not obligatory for you if it is far, and if you go to it and endure the hardship, or by car, it is better for you and more excellent.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.
Source binbaz.org.sa

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