Prayer: Is a Home Congregation Valid When Two Nearby Masjids Already Hold Jamā‘ah?

Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Imam Khamenei

Prayer: Is a Home Congregation Valid When Two Nearby Masjids Already Hold Jamā‘ah?

English:

Question #554:

There are several masjids in our area and congregational prayer takes place in all of them. There is a house between two masjids. On one side between the house and the masjid there are ten other houses while in the direction of the other masjid, the distance is of only two houses. A congregational prayer takes place in this house also. What is your ruling regarding this congregational prayer?

Answer #554:

Congregational prayer is offered to create unity and closeness not to cause disunity and division. Anyhow the neighbouring houses are permitted to start a congregational prayer as long as it does not become a cause of division and conflict.

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