Punishment of leaving Congregation Prayer and Friday Prayer
Thawāb al-Aʿmāl wa ʿiqāb al-Aʿmāl|Volume 1|Book 3|Chapter 39
Thawāb al-Aʿmāl wa ʿiqāb al-Aʿmāl
Book 3, Chapter 39
Punishment of leaving Congregation Prayer and Friday Prayer
حَدَّثَنِی مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ الصَّفَّارُ عَنْ یَعْقُوبَ بْنِ یَزِیدَ عَنْ حَمَّادِ بْنِ عِیسَی عَنْ حَرِیزٍ وَ فُضَیْلٍ عَنْ زُرَارَهَ عَنْ أَبِی جَعْفَرٍ ع قَالَ: صَلَاهُ الْجُمُعَهِ فَرِیضَهٌ وَ الِاجْتِمَاعُ إِلَیْهَا فَرِیضَهٌ مَعَ الْإِمَامِ فَإِنْ تَرَکَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ غَیْرِ عِلَّهٍ ثَلَاثَ جُمَعٍ فَقَدْ تَرَکَ ثَلَاثَ فَرَائِضَ وَ لَا یَدَعُ ثَلَاثَ فَرَائِضَ مِنْ غَیْرِ عِلَّهٍ إِلَّا مُنَافِقٌ وَ قَالَ مَنْ تَرَکَ الْجَمَاعَهَ رَغْبَهً عَنْهَا وَ عَنْ جَمَاعَهِ الْمُؤْمِنِینَ مِنْ غَیْرِ عِلَّهٍ فَلَا صَلَاهَ لَهُ.
4. It was narrated to me by Muhammad b. al-Hassan who said it was narrated to me by Muhammad b. al-Hassan al-Saffar from Ya’qub b. Yazid from Hamad b. Isa from Hareez and Fudhayl from Zurarah from Abi Ja’far عليه السلام who said: “Congregation Prayer is compulsory and it is obligatory to offer Friday Salaat in congregation with the Imam. Hence one who does not attend Friday Prayer for three consecutive weeks without any valid reason has avoided three obligatory acts and a person who leaves three obligatory acts without any valid reason is a hypocrite. One who avoids offering Prayer in congregation without any reason, none of his prayers is acceptable.”