Fatwa ID: 03453

Answered by: Ustadha Umm Abdullah​

Question

Assalamu alaikum Wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barakaatuh

Our Masjid is being reconstructed after demolition of an old structure, is it compulsory to perform the five salat in jamaat at least for a few people on the masjid land/site where regular five times salat were performed, until the masjid is completed.

بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيْم

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful

Answer:

Assalamu alaikum Wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barakaatuh

It is not compulsory prayers are performed on the exact masjid land whilst it is being reconstructed. The prayers must be performed in a musallah or another masjid of the locality.

Only Allah Ta’ala knows best

Written by Ustadha Umm Abdullah

Checked and approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah

Darul Ifta Birmingham.