The Ruling on the Second Congregation in the Mosque
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The Shaykh : ... In the past, we used to find congregations held one after another, from after the first congregational prayer until the congregation for the second prayer, for example, would arrive. You would find the worshippers praying in congregation, from after the midday prayer until the afternoon prayer, or even from after the afternoon prayer until the call to the sunset prayer. I witnessed this with my own eyes in the Grand Mosque. Is it still the case?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : I do not know what to say. Praise be to Allah, or praise be to Allah in any case, ... because this is a good thing from one perspective. Why is it good? Because the mosques are open.
The questioner : But not all mosques are limited in this way.
The Shaykh : I am saying this is a good sign from one perspective. The point is that many people, especially those who were keen to perform the prayer with the first congregation, have become accustomed to performing it with the second or third congregation and find no difficulty or blame in doing so. Why? Because there is a statement in some books of Islamic jurisprudence that it is permissible to repeat the congregation. However, I found that, from the perspective of the opinions, the opinions of the majority of the imams are to prohibit repeating the congregation in a mosque described by two characteristics. The first characteristic is that it has a regular imam, and the second characteristic is that it has a regular mu'adhdhin (caller to prayer). They observe in these two conditions that in this mosque, there is someone who gathers them, namely the mu'adhdhin, and there is someone who leads them, namely the imam. As for a mosque that does not have a regular imam or a regular mu'adhdhin, they describe it as a mosque on the side of the road, and it is permissible to repeat the congregation in it. Note the wisdom of the legislation here. ... From the text of the congregational prayer, one can benefit; some may call it, and this is a transmitted term, the prayer of gathering, meaning it gathers the people, but we...
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : I do not know what to say. Praise be to Allah, or praise be to Allah in any case, ... because this is a good thing from one perspective. Why is it good? Because the mosques are open.
The questioner : But not all mosques are limited in this way.
The Shaykh : I am saying this is a good sign from one perspective. The point is that many people, especially those who were keen to perform the prayer with the first congregation, have become accustomed to performing it with the second or third congregation and find no difficulty or blame in doing so. Why? Because there is a statement in some books of Islamic jurisprudence that it is permissible to repeat the congregation. However, I found that, from the perspective of the opinions, the opinions of the majority of the imams are to prohibit repeating the congregation in a mosque described by two characteristics. The first characteristic is that it has a regular imam, and the second characteristic is that it has a regular mu'adhdhin (caller to prayer). They observe in these two conditions that in this mosque, there is someone who gathers them, namely the mu'adhdhin, and there is someone who leads them, namely the imam. As for a mosque that does not have a regular imam or a regular mu'adhdhin, they describe it as a mosque on the side of the road, and it is permissible to repeat the congregation in it. Note the wisdom of the legislation here. ... From the text of the congregational prayer, one can benefit; some may call it, and this is a transmitted term, the prayer of gathering, meaning it gathers the people, but we...
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