What is the ruling on delaying the prayer from the beginning of its time?
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Question:
The listener: Idris Muhammad Hamed, a Sudanese, sent a message saying: I delay the 'Isha' prayer most of the time. He asks: Is there a sin on me? Knowing that I pray it within its time.
Answer:
It is obligatory for you, my brother, to pray with the congregation, with the Muslims in the houses of Allah, in the mosques. It is not permissible for you to pray at home.
Rather, it is obligatory for you to go out to the mosque, as the Muslims did with their Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). He said (peace and blessings be upon him) in the authentic hadith:Bulugh al-Maram 2:308 It was asked of Ibn Abbas, what is the excuse? He said: Fear, or illness.
A blind man came to him (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: O Messenger of Allah, I have no guide to lead me to the mosque. Do I have a dispensation to pray in my house? He said to him (peace and blessings be upon him):Sahih Muslim 653 He said: Yes. He said: So he did not grant him a dispensation, and he was blind with no guide to lead him. So how about the seeing person, the strong one? The matter is even greater for him.
It is established from him (peace and blessings be upon him) that he said:Sunan Ibn Majah 791Sahih (Darussalam) This is a great warning, indicating that attending the mosques and praying with the people is obligatory. Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said in the authentic hadith: "I have seen us, and none would be absent from it except a known hypocrite—meaning the congregation—and indeed a man would be brought, supported between two men, until he was placed in the row."
But if you miss it with the congregation, pray within the time. It is not permissible for you to delay beyond the time. Or if you are sick, you must pray within the time. Or if you are a prisoner, you must pray within the time. 'Isha' and other than 'Isha', you must pray within the time. It is not permissible for you to advance it, and it is not permissible for you to delay it. Rather, it is obligatory that you pray it within the time, and it is better in the beginning of the time. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.
The listener: Idris Muhammad Hamed, a Sudanese, sent a message saying: I delay the 'Isha' prayer most of the time. He asks: Is there a sin on me? Knowing that I pray it within its time.
Answer:
It is obligatory for you, my brother, to pray with the congregation, with the Muslims in the houses of Allah, in the mosques. It is not permissible for you to pray at home.
Rather, it is obligatory for you to go out to the mosque, as the Muslims did with their Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). He said (peace and blessings be upon him) in the authentic hadith:
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 عذرA blind man came to him (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: O Messenger of Allah, I have no guide to lead me to the mosque. Do I have a dispensation to pray in my house? He said to him (peace and blessings be upon him):
Do you hear the call to prayer?
هل تسمع النداء بالصلاة؟Then respond.
فأجبIt is established from him (peace and blessings be upon him) that he said:
I 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 بيوتهمBut if you miss it with the congregation, pray within the time. It is not permissible for you to delay beyond the time. Or if you are sick, you must pray within the time. Or if you are a prisoner, you must pray within the time. 'Isha' and other than 'Isha', you must pray within the time. It is not permissible for you to advance it, and it is not permissible for you to delay it. Rather, it is obligatory that you pray it within the time, and it is better in the beginning of the time. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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