What is the ruling on the multiplication of prayer halls, such that we see a specific prayer hall for each of the Islamic groups?
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The questioner : As for praying in the prayer hall, we now find that everyone is praying in their own place. You find this prayer hall for the brothers, and you find this prayer hall for such-and-such a group, and so on.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : So what does this mean? What do you say?!
The Shaykh : You know my opinion regarding the prayer hall.
The questioner : Yes, exactly.
The Shaykh : Undoubtedly, but all the prayer halls, except for a very few, I mean, I see no objection to there being a prayer hall in the west and a prayer hall in the east, because the city is spacious. Yes, that is correct. But this separation is not prescribed at all. The congregation must, if they have fairness, give the first right to the one who was there first. These people, the Salafis, were here before people knew about them, and they are in the Rusaifah.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : So what does this mean? What do you say?!
The Shaykh : You know my opinion regarding the prayer hall.
The questioner : Yes, exactly.
The Shaykh : Undoubtedly, but all the prayer halls, except for a very few, I mean, I see no objection to there being a prayer hall in the west and a prayer hall in the east, because the city is spacious. Yes, that is correct. But this separation is not prescribed at all. The congregation must, if they have fairness, give the first right to the one who was there first. These people, the Salafis, were here before people knew about them, and they are in the Rusaifah.
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