Ruling on performing the Friday prayer in remote farms
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Question:
This is a questioner from the Arab Republic of Egypt who works on a farm. He says: Your Eminence! We are a group of Muslims, numbering seven individuals, who perform the Friday prayer on the farm. This is because the distance between us and the mosque is about ten kilometers, and because the driver is in Riyadh daily to transport the vegetables. There is a car on the farm, but there is no substitute driver to take us to the mosque. We ask your Eminence to answer our question?
Answer:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon the Messenger of Allah, and upon his family and his Companions, and upon those who follow his guidance. As for what follows:
If the situation is as you described, regarding the distance from the mosque and the unavailability of a car, there is no harm in praying on the farm. It is obligatory in congregation only if people can hear the call to prayer and are able to reach the location of the mosque. However, if it is far away and they can only hear it through a loudspeaker, or if they have an excuse such as illness that prevents them from reaching it, then there is no blame on them, and praise be to Allah. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good, O Shaykh.
This is a questioner from the Arab Republic of Egypt who works on a farm. He says: Your Eminence! We are a group of Muslims, numbering seven individuals, who perform the Friday prayer on the farm. This is because the distance between us and the mosque is about ten kilometers, and because the driver is in Riyadh daily to transport the vegetables. There is a car on the farm, but there is no substitute driver to take us to the mosque. We ask your Eminence to answer our question?
Answer:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon the Messenger of Allah, and upon his family and his Companions, and upon those who follow his guidance. As for what follows:
If the situation is as you described, regarding the distance from the mosque and the unavailability of a car, there is no harm in praying on the farm. It is obligatory in congregation only if people can hear the call to prayer and are able to reach the location of the mosque. However, if it is far away and they can only hear it through a loudspeaker, or if they have an excuse such as illness that prevents them from reaching it, then there is no blame on them, and praise be to Allah. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good, O Shaykh.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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