Pray at the hour's start or with the company?
The prayer hour has come in and you can pray alone at home now, or wait a little and join the neighbourhood congregation. The decision: prayer at the first of its time alone, or delaying it to pray together?
The positions
the first-hour party
prayer on time is the dearest work; a right is not delayed
The evidence
they hurried to prayer when it came lest something occupy them
Sources: practice/salah
the congregation party
congregation is the greater reward and binds the quarter to its mosque
The evidence
they waited to enter one prayer with the people
Sources: practice/salahconcept/five-pillars
You decide
Which do you choose when the hour and the company clash? Write your reason.
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