Can we testify that a man is a believer if he regularly attends prayers in the mosque?
Question: 34593
Can we testify that a man is a believer if he regularly attends prayers in the mosque, as it says in the hadeeth?.
Praise be to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon the Messenger of Allah and his family.
Yes, there is no doubt
that with the one who attends prayers in the mosque, his attendance is a
sign of his faith, because the only thing that is making him leave his house
and take the trouble to walk to the mosque is his faith in Allaah.
With regard to the
questioner’s words, “as it says in the hadeeth,” this is referring to the
report narrated from the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon
him): “When you see a man regularly coming to the mosque, bear witness that he is a believer.” But this hadeeth is da’eef and is not a saheeh report from the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him).
Source:
From Fataawa al-Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen, 1/55
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