that they miss the Magrib prayer( after eating dates comes the soup
and juice and so on).
What is your advice withregard to such behavior?
If the meal is put in frontof a person without his own intention being
to miss the congregational prayer, then he can eat and drink, even if
he misses the congregational prayer, based on the statement of the
Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), "If the meal is
served and the prayer starts, begin with the meal." (Bukhari
narratedit, #631.)
As for putting a large portion of food out purposely to miss the
congregational prayer, this is the wrong approach and incorrect
behavior. The correct thing is for a Muslim to take a lot of food
unsuspectedly, thereby making him miss the congregational prayer, but
he still gets the bigger reward. Then what is the sunnah? The sunnah
is what is reported on the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be
upon him) "that he used to break the fastbefore he prayed with fresh
dates, if there were no fresh dates thenwith dry dates, and if there
were no dry dates,then he sipped from water." (At-Tirmidhi narrated it
and others. He stated it was hasan, gharib hadith. Also Al Albanni
declared it hasan in Sahih Al Jama#4995.)
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