Congregation and Mosque
1,833 questions
Is it permissible to account for the multiplied reward of prayer in the mosque (25 or 27 degrees) or congregational prayer (in the mosque or at home) when making up missed prayers?
What should a Muslim do to be under Allah's protection if they miss the Fajr prayer, and how true is it that missing the congregational prayer is due to a sin?
Which is better: to seek employment to help the mother and relieve her of the hardship of work, without guaranteeing the performance of prayers in congregation, or to start a private project that allows for maintaining congregational prayers but delays helping the family?
Is there a greater reward for praying with a larger congregation than with a smaller one, and what are the benefits of praying with a large congregation?
What is the number of expiations (kaffarat) required for a person who swore to fast three days then broke the oath, then swore to fast ten days then broke the oath, and does the ruling differ if he swore not to pray Dhuhr in congregation then broke the oath, then swore not to pray Asr in congregation then broke the oath?
Is it permissible for one who believes that congregational prayer is a collective obligation (fard kifayah) and that straightening the rows is obligatory, to pray in the mosque with social distancing between worshippers due to Corona, or must he pray at home in congregation to straighten the rows?
Is it permissible for women to pray in congregation if there are no men present with them, or must each of them pray individually?
Is it permissible to make up the pre-prayer voluntary (Sunnah) prayers after the obligatory prayer if they were missed due to establishing the congregational prayer at the beginning of the prayer time, given the availability of other later congregations in the workplace prayer room?
Is it permissible for a woman to pray the regular Sunnah prayers that precede a fard prayer, such as the regular Sunnah prayer before Dhuhr, after the iqamah has been called, given that congregational prayer is not obligatory for her?
What is the ruling on delaying the 'Isha prayer in congregation for the purpose of completing a sports program, when there is a nearby mosque from which the adhan can be heard? And is it obligatory to stop playing and go to the mosque, or is it permissible to delay, clarifying the ruling based on the opinion of those who deem prayer in the mosque obligatory and those who do not, and which is preferred?
Is it permissible to perform the obligatory prayer inside a stopped bus if it is facing the Qibla and is spacious, or is it necessary to exit it to pray?
What is the ruling on congregational prayer in a mosque where the worshippers leave a large gap between their rows, and does their prayer become invalidated by that?
What is the ruling on establishing a second congregational prayer after the first one in a mosque that has a regular imam, and is it permissible to prevent brothers from doing so?
Is a son considered disobedient for refusing to take cortisone, which is harmful to his bones, and is he sinful for being unable to go to the mosque except for Friday prayer due to his illness and excessive flatulence that prevents him from walking?
What is the ruling on women praying in the Grand Mosque (Masjid al-Haram) or the Prophet's Mosque (Masjid al-Nabawi)? Is it better for them to pray in the hotel or on the streets? What is the ruling on their prayer in the streets of Makkah and its shops near the Haram, knowing that some pray in hotel lobbies without accurately determining the Qibla, believing they are praying in congregation with the Imam of the Haram? And what is the ruling on women praying in the front rows and side-by-side with men?
Is someone who deliberately misses congregational prayer considered to have abandoned prayer, based on the view of Imam Ahmad and Ibn Taymiyyah that the prayer of one who prays alone without excuse is invalid?
Is one who delays attending congregational prayer—out of fear of leading the worshippers in the audible prayers—sinful, and what is the way to overcome this fear?
What should a person with a speech impediment do who believes the imamate of a person with a speech impediment, a latecomer, or an individual is invalid, if he is put forward to lead the prayer while he himself is a latecomer or an individual, or if he finds a second congregation and does not know how it started?
Is it permissible to forcibly remove people from the mosque due to their committing many innovations (bid'ah) after they have been advised and refused to abandon them?
Is it permissible for me to pray alone at my residence in Britain for a week, knowing that the nearest mosque is one and a half kilometers away, the adhan is not heard, and it is difficult for me to go to the mosque five times a day?
Is it permissible for a lone congregant to stand in the same row as the Imam with social distancing, or should he stand behind him due to the social distancing requirements of Corona, if he is unable to stand next to the Imam or slightly behind him?
Should a traveler, upon entering a mosque and finding a congregation other than the original mosque congregation, pray with them and complete his prayer, or pray alone and shorten it? And is it permissible for two congregations to pray simultaneously in one mosque at the same time?
Which is better: shortening the prayer at home or completing it with the congregation in the mosque when temporarily residing in a country during travel?
What is the ruling on praying 'Isha individually at the beginning of its time, as opposed to praying it in congregation with brothers in the second third of the night, along with clarifying the virtue of praying at the beginning of its time and the difference in status between one who prays it at the beginning of its time and one who delays it?