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Congregational Prayer
When one comes to the mosque and finds the last row full
19,550Ruling on praying with gaps in the rows for fear of catching coronavirus (Covid-19)
What appears to be the case is that it is permissible to offer prayers in congregation in the mosques with gaps between worshippers in the row for fear of spreading contagion and sickness, and that is better than closing the mosques. Not forming tight rows in this case is for a valid reason, and there are similar cases in Islamic teachings with regard to the obligatory parts, conditions and essential parts of the prayer that may be waived when there is a reason to do so, even when they are more important than the issue under discussion here. But it may be noted that this applies in the case when there is no instruction from the appropriate authorities to refrain from praying in congregation in the mosque and to close the mosques temporarily until the pandemic is over, as has happened in many Muslim countries during this coronavirus [Covid-19] pandemic. In that case, it is obligatory to comply with these instructions until the pandemic is over and people are told to resume normal life, in accordance with what is in the public interest.38,148Ruling on attending Jumu‘ah prayer and prayers in congregation in the event of an epidemic or fear of an epidemic
96,772Ruling on putting chairs at the back of the mosque and not allowing those who sit on them to pray in the first rows
15,623Is it permissible to delay prayer in order to solve problems?
11,318The virtue of catching up with the opening takbeer is not cancelled out by putting two prayers together in the mosque
9,256What should a person who joined the prayer late do, if the imam made a mistake and said the tasleem after the third rak‘ah of a four-rak‘ah prayer, then remembered and stood up to do a fourth rak‘ah?
15,842They prayed behind someone who did not say the takbeer and tasleem out loud; what is the ruling on their prayer?
22,041He decided (and formed the intention) to carry on praying on his own because the sound of the imam’s voice was cut off, then the sound was restored, and he found that he had gone ahead of his imam in the prayer. What is the ruling?
11,143They refuse to pray in congregation on the grounds that the imam charges a fee for leading the prayers!
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