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Laila Nasheeba
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Date Posted: 08:22:07 07/10/02 Wed
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Ibrar
's message, "Fazr is it fard to pray in a Congregation" on 05:59:16 07/10/02 Wed
As saalamu Alaikoum,
Praise be to Allah.
It is obligatory for a man to pray all 5 of his salats at the mosque in congregation, unless you have a valid excuse not to do so such as sickness or travel problems or something like that:
Ibn 'Umar reports that the Prophet sallallahu alehi wasallam said: "Prayer in congregation is superior to a prayer performed individually by twenty-seven degrees." [This is related by al-Bukhari and Muslim].
Abu Hurairah reports that the Prophet sallallahu alehi
wasallam said: "The prayer of a man in congregation is twenty-five times more superior (in reward) to his prayer in his house or market - and this is because he makes the wudu' and perfects it and goes to the mosque with the sole purpose of performing the salah. He does not take a step without being raised a degree and having one of his sins
erased. When he prays, as long as he does not lose his wudu, the angels keep on praying [for him] 'O Allah, bless him. O Allah, have mercy on him.' And he is considered in salah as long as he is waiting for the salah." [This is related by al-Bukhari and Muslim, and it is presented in al-Bukhari's wording]
In regards to the blind man he had no one to guide him to the mosque so thus he had no way of knowing when the time for prayer was and the prophet asked him if he could hear the athan and he said yes and then the prophet(saw) told him than that was his way of knowing to go to the mosque to pray:
Abu Hurairah also reports that a blind man said to the
Prophet: "O Messenger of Allah, I have no guide to guide me to the mosque." He asked the Prophet sallallahu alehi wasallam for permission to pray in his house and the Prophet gave it to him. Then, when he turned to go, the Prophet called him and said: "Do you hear the call to prayer?" The blind man said "yes." The Prophet then
said: "Then respond to it!" [by coming to the mosque.] [This is related by Muslim]
Authentic versions narrated by Ahmed and others came as: narrated by Ibn Maktoom that he said: "Oh Messenger of Allah, I am blind, live far away, and have a guide that does not suit me, so can't you give me consent to pray at home?" He said "Do you hear the call?" Ibn Maktoom replied "Yes". The Prophet then said "I cannot find an excuse for you".
If the blind man has no excuse not to pray in congregation, how can there be an excuse for the one that can see?
Abdullah ibn Mas'ud says: "If anyone would like to meet
Allah tomorrow as a Muslim, he should persevere in abserving these five prayers whenever the call for them is made, for Allah has chosen for your Prophet the way of right guidance. And the [five prayers in congregation] are part of this right guidance. If you were to pray them in your houses, as this man who stays behind in his house, you would be leaving a sunnah of your Prophet. If you leave the sunnah of your Prophet, you would go astray. Verily, I have seen a time when no one stayed away from them [the
congregational prayers] except for the hypocrites who were well known for their hypocrisy. A man would be brought, supported by two people [due to his weakness] until he was placed in a row." [This is related by Muslim]
Abu ad-Darda' reports that the Messenger of Allah sallallahu alehi wasallam said: "If there are three men in a village or desert and salah is not established among them, then the Satan takes mastery over them. So be with the congregation since the wolf devours the remote (stray) sheep." [This is related by Abu Dawud with a hasan chain]
The Prophet(saw) used to pray his Fard (obligatory) salats at the Mosque and his Nafl (voluntary) salats at home:
Narrated Aisha
Abdullah ibn Shaqiq said: I asked Aisha about the Messenger of Allah's (peace be upon him) voluntary prayers, and she replied: Before the noon prayer, he used to pray four rak'ahs in my house; then would go out and lead the people in prayer; then come in and pray two rak'ahs. He would then lead the people in the sunset prayer; then come in and pray two rak'ahs. Then he would lead the people in the Isha' prayer, and enter my house and pray two rak'ahs. He would pray nine rak'ahs during the night, including Witr. At night he would pray for a long time standing and for a long time sitting, and when he recited the Qur'an while standing, he would bow and prostrate himself from the standing position, and when he recited while sitting, he would bow and prostrate himself from the sitting position, and when it was dawn he would pray two rak'ahs. [Muslim 359]
In regards to praying fajr in congregation, the importance of praying Fajr and isha in congregation has been pointed out in many saheeh Hadith:
Abu Huraira R.A.A. narrated that the Messenger of Allah said "The heaviest salat for the hypocrite is that of Isha'a and Fajr and if they knew what was in them they would have attended them even if it meant crawling, and I have a strong desire to order the salat to be established, then order a man to lead the people in salat then I would go with some men carrying bundles of wood to a people not attending the salat and burn their houses on them." [Agreed upon by Bukhari and Muslim, and this was Muslim's version].
This hadeeth proves that salat in congregation is obligatory because one's house would not be burned for leaving a sunnah.
AND ALLAH KNOWS BEST
Laila Nasheeba
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