Congregational Prayer

Congregational Prayer by Dr. Saleh ibn Ghanim Al-Sadlan treats a fact easy to state and often under-examined in practice: Salah in Islam is not designed as a purely individual act, and the congregational form of it is one of the clearest outward marks of the religion.

What the Book Covers

Al-Sadlan works through the fiqh of congregational prayer in full: the wisdom behind praying in congregation at all, where it should be performed and the virtues attached to attending the mosque specifically, its legal status, repeating a prayer already prayed in congregation, performing tarawih in Ramadan congregationally, and the rulings around women praying in congregation.

Who This Book Is For

Imams and Muslim community leaders who need the fiqh settled and sourced before they’re asked about it, and any Muslim who wants to understand why the congregational form of the prayer carries the weight it does in Islamic law.

By the Same Author

Dr. Al-Sadlan also wrote Fiqh of Marriage in the Light of the Qur’an and Sunnah.