Ruling on missing the prayer in the mosque for an excuse
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Question:
A message reached the program from one of the listening brothers, saying: I live next to the mosque, and praise be to Allah, and I am diligent in performing my five prayers in the mosque. However, at times I face some crises that make it very difficult to go to the mosque to pray the congregational prayer. Is my prayer acceptable if I pray it at home? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
If the crisis is a legitimate religious excuse, such as a sudden illness, then you are excused. If it is a clear matter that makes it difficult for you to attend the congregation, such as a sudden illness, then you are excused. As for other matters, such as being lax for the sake of the children or the wife, this is not an excuse. It is obligatory for you to fear Allah and to hasten to the congregational prayer, as you heard from the previous hadith. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Bulugh al-Maram 2:308 Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: "The excuse is fear and illness."
Similarly, a prisoner who is confined is excused, and so is a person with a disability; because he is like a sick person for whom it is difficult to go to the mosque. And you have heard the hadith of the blind man. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said to the blind man: and he did not grant him a dispensation to pray at home, even though he was blind and had no guide. And he said: and in another narration: Sunan Abi Dawud 552Hasan Sahih (Al-Albani).
So it is obligatory for you, O Abdullah, to pray in the congregation, and to beware of being lax with causes that have no basis. Rather, hasten and rush to the prayer in the congregation, and fear Allah, and watch over your relationship with Allah, and beware of imitating the lagging hypocrites. Allah the Exalted said regarding the hypocrites: [Al-Nisa: 142].
So beware, my brother, of imitating the enemies of Allah, and be active in the prayer... eager for it... performing it in the congregation at all times. May Allah guide them all. Yes.
The presenter: O Allah, amen. May Allah reward you with good.
A message reached the program from one of the listening brothers, saying: I live next to the mosque, and praise be to Allah, and I am diligent in performing my five prayers in the mosque. However, at times I face some crises that make it very difficult to go to the mosque to pray the congregational prayer. Is my prayer acceptable if I pray it at home? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
If the crisis is a legitimate religious excuse, such as a sudden illness, then you are excused. If it is a clear matter that makes it difficult for you to attend the congregation, such as a sudden illness, then you are excused. As for other matters, such as being lax for the sake of the children or the wife, this is not an excuse. It is obligatory for you to fear Allah and to hasten to the congregational prayer, as you heard from the previous hadith. 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 من عذرSimilarly, a prisoner who is confined is excused, and so is a person with a disability; because he is like a sick person for whom it is difficult to go to the mosque. And you have heard the hadith of the blind man. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said to the blind man:
Respond
أجبRespond
أجبI do not find any permission for you.
لا أجد لك رخصةSo it is obligatory for you, O Abdullah, to pray in the congregation, and to beware of being lax with causes that have no basis. Rather, hasten and rush to the prayer in the congregation, and fear Allah, and watch over your relationship with Allah, and beware of imitating the lagging hypocrites. Allah the Exalted said regarding the hypocrites:
Indeed, the hypocrites [think to] deceive Allah, but He is deceiving them. And when they stand for prayer, they stand lazily, showing [themselves to] the people and not remembering Allah except a little,
إِنَّ الْمُنَافِقِينَ يُخَادِعُونَ اللَّهَ وَهُوَ خَادِعُهُمْ وَإِذَا قَامُوا إِلَى الصَّلاةِ قَامُوا كُسَالَى يُرَاءُونَ النَّاسَ وَلا يَذْكُرُونَ اللَّهَ إِلَّا قَلِيلًSo beware, my brother, of imitating the enemies of Allah, and be active in the prayer... eager for it... performing it in the congregation at all times. May Allah guide them all. Yes.
The presenter: O Allah, amen. May Allah reward you with good.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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