cause that deters one from doing so. Both abandoning the mosque and the congregational Sal?t -with no Shar‘ excuse- have the same ruling and hence the meanings in the ah?d?th could be easily joined.

When the prophet ( - صلى الله عليه وسلم -) died and the bad news reached the people of Makkah, Suhail Ibn Amr delivered a speech and gave safety to Att?b Ibn Usaid- who was the prophet’s ( - صلى الله عليه وسلم -) deputy in Makkah and who concealed himself from the Makkans out of fear [of their reaction towards the news of the prophet’s ( - صلى الله عليه وسلم -) death].

The Makkans remained on their Isl?m. Then Att?b delivered his speech saying: ‘O people of Makkah: By All?h ( - عز وجل -) whoever abandons attending the mosque and doing Sal?t with the congregation [except for a reasonable case] I will cut off his head’. The prophet’s ( - صلى الله عليه وسلم -) companions admired Att?b’s words which raised his rank in their eyes.

Accordingly, I strongly believe that no one is permitted to abandon doing Sal?t in the mosque with the congregation unless there is a legal excuse. All?h ( - عز وجل -) knows that which is right’. (1)

[46] Multiple congregations in the same mosque and refraining from doing Sal?t behind an Im?m following a different Mathhab:

[1/ 46] Some of those who miss the original congregational Sal?t with the Im?m form another congregation and perform Sal?t after the first one.

Many Fuqah?’ considered this act as something impermissible; they held that whoever misses the original congregation should perform Sal?t individually and must not form a new congregation. Some of these Fuqah?’ are: Sufy?n Ath-Thawr?, Abdull?h Ibn Al-Mub?rak, M?lik Ibn ’Anas, Muhammad Ibn Idris Ash-Sh?fi‘?, Al-laith Ibn Sa‘d, Al-’Awz?‘?, Az-Zuhr?, ‘Uthm?n Al-Batty, Ab? Han?fah, Ab? Y?suf, Muhammad Ibn Al-Hasan, Al-Q?sim, Yahy?