Congregation and Mosque
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What is the meaning of "the Imam bears it on his behalf"? And is the Imam required to perform the prostration of forgetfulness if a worshipper speaks inadvertently during the Fajr congregational prayer, and should he prostrate if a long time elapses between the speech and the prostration?
Is going to an educational center before the 'Isha prayer, which leads to missing the congregational prayer, considered a legitimate excuse for missing it?
Does congregational prayer inside a Quran memorization center, which the Awqaf (Ministry of Endowments) has refused to recognize as a public prayer area, equal congregational prayer in a mosque?
Is it permissible for the regular Imam to establish another congregational prayer while a divergent congregational prayer is being held in the mihrab and he is present, or should he wait for them to finish?
Is it permissible to delay Fajr prayer in the mosque in order to wake up a younger brother, knowing that he cannot go to the mosque by himself?
Is the father's prayer with his 8-year-old son considered a congregational prayer, and is he required to raise his voice with the Takbir in this case?
Is it permissible for a woman to lead women in congregational prayer, and what are the conditions for her imamate?
Is one who missed congregational prayer after having gone for an outing sinful for praying alone or with his wife or friend?
Was it right to avoid leading the prayer after the worshippers requested it, in order to avoid discord with the assigned imam, or should one have led the prayer despite the presence of someone who did not perfect the prayer in his place?
Is the examination period a valid excuse for missing congregational prayers in the mosque?
Did the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, command whoever missed Friday prayer to pray Dhuhr in its stead, or is Friday prayer the prayer that one who missed it, whether with or without an excuse, should pray?
Is it permissible to combine prayers in the office in congregation due to a legitimate Sharia reason such as rain?
What is the ruling on an individual praying alone in his home if he feels closer to his Lord in doing so than in praying with the Muslim congregation in the mosque, due to psychological pressures that have caused him to dislike mixing with others?
Is it permissible to pray at home instead of in the mosque when one consumes garlic or onions daily, based on the hadith: "Whoever eats garlic or onions, let him keep away from our mosque"?
Is it permissible to join a congregational prayer led by pre-pubescent children after missing the main congregational prayer?
Is one who performs most of his prayers while sitting due to health issues, and prays at home to avoid people's embarrassment, considered sinful?
Is the ruler's (brother's) prevention of one from praying in the mosque for political reasons considered a legitimate excuse that nullifies the obligation of congregational prayer?
Is obedience to parents obligatory in matters of disagreement in which nothing is preponderant for the son, and in which the scholars he trusts issue rulings contrary to what the parents command, such as the issue of looking at the faces of veiled women, playing chess, letting garments hang below the ankles without arrogance, and missing congregational prayer?
Is it considered wrong for a husband to delay his prayer to help his wife, who suffers from obsessive-compulsive disorder, perform ablution and prayer, even if this leads to him performing it only a few minutes before the entry of the next prayer's time, knowing that his failure to assist her might cause her to miss the prayer or spend a long time in purification?
What is the solution for the feelings of hypocrisy, boasting, and seeking to please others when performing prayers in the mosque, and do these feelings render the prayer unacceptable?
What is the ruling on women praying in a place separate from men in the mosque, with a road for cars between the two places, and using loudspeakers to unify the prayer? Is it a condition that the mosque building be one for the congregational prayer to be valid?
What is the ruling on delaying the 'Asr prayer until 3:30, knowing that the Adhan is at 2:40?
What is the ruling on congregational prayer if the row is not straight, and was there a prohibition against an individual praying alone behind the row, and what should someone who is compelled to do so do?
Is it permissible to pray behind an imam who is not serene in his prayer, who chants the Qur’an in a way that makes it difficult to achieve Khushoo' (devotional humility) because of him, and there is no other mosque?