Prayer: Can Congregational Prayer Be Held in a Ḥusayniyyah Next to a Masjid, and Is the Reward the Same?

Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Imam Khamenei

Prayer: Can Congregational Prayer Be Held in a Ḥusayniyyah Next to a Masjid, and Is the Reward the Same?

English:

Question #384:

If there is a masjid next to a ḥusayniyyah, will it be correct to perform congregational prayer in the ḥusayniyyah? Are the rewards of such prayers equal in both places?

Answer #384:

There is no doubt that the merit of performing prayer in a masjid is more than that performed in any other place. However, by itself there is no shar‘ī obstacle to performing congregational prayer in a ḥusayniyyah or in any other place.

-Imam Khamenei, Practical Laws of Islam, Importance and Conditions of Prayer