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Is Congregational Prayer obligatory?

Posted by on Jan 1, 2012 in Featured, Salah | 2 comments

 

Question:

As Salaamu Alaykum,

Is it wajib (obligatory) for a man to pray in congregation at the mosque or at home? If he doesn’t pray in congregation will he get a sin?

Answer:

 

Wa’alaykum Salam Wa Rahmatullah

The relied upon view of the madhhab of Imam Ash-Shafi’i is that congregational prayer is Fard Kifayah (communally obligatory), however, there is a weaker view that it is personally obligatory (fard ‘ayn) and also Sunnah Mu’akkadah (an established, repeated sunnah). It is better to be prayed within a masjid.

Imām An-Nawawi states in his Minhāj,

“I say [regarding the ruling on congregational prayer]: What is more correct due to the textual evidence [al-manṣūṣ] is that it is farḍ Kifāyah (communally obligatory), and it is said [qīl] it is farḍ ‘ayn (personal obligation). And Allah Knows Best!”

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