Repeating the Congregation Because of a Mutual Quarrel

Question

For some time there has been a dispute over dealings between Zayd on one side and ‘Amr and Bakr on the other, on account of which ‘Amr, Bakr and others, instead of a single Jumu‘a and congregation, separately establish two Jumu‘as and congregations in one and the same mosque, apart from the aforementioned imam Zayd. Upon this a non-Muslim called both parties and said to them: “Do not quarrel among yourselves; pray separately in the same mosque.

Answer

Repeating the congregation in one mosque is makruh tahrimi according to the Hanafis ﵏, so it is necessary to avoid it. [ar]ويكره تكرار الجماعة بأذان وإقامة في مسجد محلة[/ar] “And it is makruh to repeat the congregation with adhan and iqama in a neighbourhood mosque” (al-Durr al-Mukhtar). [ar]قال الشامي: قوله (ويكره)

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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