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A
woman in her house does not pray following the imaam
Question:
My mother lives next to a congregational mosque. Between her
and the mosque is a small street. She hear the adhan and the
prayer and she continues to follow the Imam in her prayer
in her house. Is that allowable for her? If it is not allowed,
what should she do about the prayers that she performed in
that manner over the years. I hope you can benefit us in this
matter, may Allaah reward you.
Response:
If the situation is as you mentioned in the question, she
cannot follow the Imam of the mosque in her prayer unless
she sees the Imam or some of the rows of the followers. If
she does not see any of them, then the strongest opinion among
the statements of the scholars is that she does not follow
the Imam in the prayer. As for what has passed of her prayers,
she does not have to repeat them, Allaah willing, because
there is no clear evidence that they are invalid prayers.
This question is an area of ijtehad [juristic reasoning] by
the scholars. The safest and strongest opinion is as we have
mentioned.
Shaykh
Ibn Baaz
Fataawa al-Mar.ah
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