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.