Ruling on praying in congregation at a prayer hall due to the distance of the mosque
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Question:
We are far from the village mosque, but we pray in congregation in a place we have designated as our prayer area. Is there any obligation on us for not going to the mosque?
Answer:
If you hear the call to prayer with the unamplified voice because of your proximity to it, then it is obligatory for you to go and pray with them; because of the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him):Bulugh al-Maram 2:308 A blind man came to him and said: “O Messenger of Allah! I have no guide to lead me to the mosque, so do I have a dispensation to pray in my house?” He said, may Allah’s prayer and peace be upon him: Sahih Muslim 653 He said: Yes. He said: .
So it is obligatory for you to pray with the congregation in the mosque if you hear the call to prayer and are able to go to it. As for if it is far from you, making it difficult for you to go to it because of its distance, or because the people of your area are sick or unable due to old age or the like, [Al-Taghabun:16].
So the conclusion is that it is obligatory for you to pray with the congregation, as long as you hear the ordinary call to prayer when the sounds are quiet. If you hear the call, then you must hasten to it.
As for if it is far from you by custom, making it difficult for you to go to it, and you do not hear the call to prayer, then there is no harm in praying in your area, and there is no blame in that. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.
We are far from the village mosque, but we pray in congregation in a place we have designated as our prayer area. Is there any obligation on us for not going to the mosque?
Answer:
If you hear the call to prayer with the unamplified voice because of your proximity to it, then it is obligatory for you to go and pray with them; because of the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him):
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 عذرDo you hear the call to prayer?
هل تسمع النداء بالصلاة؟Then respond.
فأجبSo it is obligatory for you to pray with the congregation in the mosque if you hear the call to prayer and are able to go to it. As for if it is far from you, making it difficult for you to go to it because of its distance, or because the people of your area are sick or unable due to old age or the like,
So fear Allah as much as you are able
فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُمْSo the conclusion is that it is obligatory for you to pray with the congregation, as long as you hear the ordinary call to prayer when the sounds are quiet. If you hear the call, then you must hasten to it.
As for if it is far from you by custom, making it difficult for you to go to it, and you do not hear the call to prayer, then there is no harm in praying in your area, and there is no blame in that. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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