The Obligation of Maintaining Prayer in Congregation in the Mosques
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Question:
We see, and praise is due to Allah, a large number of worshippers in the mosque during the blessed days of the month of Ramadan, but we miss them after the month ends. What is your advice? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
My advice to all Muslim men is to maintain the prayer in congregation in the mosques at all times; for the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Bulugh al-Maram 2:308, and Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) was asked about the excuse, so he said: fear or illness. A blind man sought his permission (peace and blessings be upon him), saying: I am a blind man, and I have no guide to lead me to the mosque, so do I have a dispensation to pray in my house? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said to him:Sahih Muslim 653, he said: Yes, he said: Al-Imam Muslim narrated it in his Sahih; and for his (peace and blessings be upon him) saying:Sunan Ibn Majah 791Sahih (Darussalam), and Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah have mercy on him) said:I have seen us, and none would lag behind it—meaning the prayer in congregation—except a hypocrite or a sick person. End of quote.
So it is obligatory for every Muslim to fear Allah, and to pray in congregation in the mosques for these authentic hadiths. And success is from Allah.
We see, and praise is due to Allah, a large number of worshippers in the mosque during the blessed days of the month of Ramadan, but we miss them after the month ends. What is your advice? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
My advice to all Muslim men is to maintain the prayer in congregation in the mosques at all times; for the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
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 لعذرDo you hear the call to prayer?
هل تسمع النداء بالصلاةThen respond.
فأجبI was thinking of commanding that the call to prayer be given, then I would tell a man to lead the people in prayer, then I would go out with some other men carrying bundles of wood, and go to people who do not attend the prayer, and burn their houses down around them.
لقد هممت أن آمر بالصلاة فتقام، ثم آمر رجلًا فيؤم الناس، ثم أنطلق برجال معهم حزم من حطب إلى قوم لا يشهدون الصلاة فأحرق عليهم بيوتهمSo it is obligatory for every Muslim to fear Allah, and to pray in congregation in the mosques for these authentic hadiths. And success is from Allah.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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