The Ruling on One Who Abandons the Congregation

Question

Zayd is a wealthy man and is also a hajji. He does pray, but he comes to the neighbourhood mosque only for one month, in blessed Ramadan. For the remaining eleven months he does not come to the mosque. What is the Shari‘a ruling on such a person?

Answer

Whoever abandons the congregation permanently in this way without an excuse is a sinner. His testimony is not accepted. [ar]قال في شرح المنية: والأحكام تدل على الوجوب، من أن تاركها بلا عذر يعزر وترد شهادته، ويأثم الجيران بالسكوت عنه. اهـ[/ar] “He said in Sharh al-Munya: ‘The rulings indicate that it is obligatory (wujub)

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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