by Asma bint Shameem šæ ANSWER šæ No thatās not allowed. In order for your prayer to count, you have to fulfill the following conditions 1. -be PHYSICALLY present as PART of the congregation 2. - the rows of the people praying should be UNINTERRUPTED and CONTINUOUS. šSomeone asked the Standing Committee about the same issue (praying by following the Imaam from their house) and they said: āThe prayer is not valid...unless the rows are uninterrupted until they reach his house and he is able to follow the imam by seeing him or hearing his voice, in which case it is valid. But if the condition mentioned is not met, it is NOT VALID, because what is required of the Muslim is to offer the prayer in congregation in the houses of Allaah with his fellow Muslim, because the Prophet Sal Allaahu Alaiyhi wa Sallam said: āWhoever hears the call and does not come, there is no prayer for him, except for the one who has an excuse.ā (Ibn Maajah, al-Daaraqutni and al-Haakim) And because the Prophet Sal Allaahu Alaiyhi wa Sallam said to the blind man who asked him whether he could pray in his house: āCan you hear the call to prayer?ā He said: Yes. He said: āThen answer it.ā (Muslim).ā [Fataawa al-Lajnah al-Daaāimah (8/31)] šShaikh Ibn Uthaymeen said about this issue: āIt is not permissible for anyone to follow the imam via radio or TV, because prayer in congregation means being together in the same place, so it has to be in one place and the rows should be connected to one another (i.e. immediately behind one another). It is NOT PERMISSIBLE to pray via radio or TV because they do not meet these criteria. If we were to allow that, anyone could pray all five prayers in his house, and Jumuāah too. This goes against the wisdom behind the prescription of Jumuāah prayer and prayer in congregation. Based on this, it is not permissible for women or anyone else to pray following the radio or TV. And Allaah is the Source of strength.ā [Majmooā al-Fataawa (15/213)] š Besides, think about it this way: If praying in your home following the Imaam from far, without actually being physically present in the masjid was okay, why would the Sahaabah have joined the Jamaāah in the masjid? They would have each just prayed in their homes. After all, their houses were right there, next to the masjid. And they could āhearāthe Prophet sal Allaahu Alayhi wa sallam lead the prayer. Yet they would actually, physically get out of their houses and GO to the masjid and join the Imaam for each prayer. šŗConclusion: Itās not allowed to follow the Imaam in prayer from home. You must actually, physically, be present at the masjid in order for your prayer to count. And Allaah knows best
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