Prayer: Is It Permissible to Join a College Congregational Prayer When the Nearby Masjid Is Holding One Simultaneously?

Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Imam Khamenei

Prayer: Is It Permissible to Join a College Congregational Prayer When the Nearby Masjid Is Holding One Simultaneously?

English:

Question #579:

A college arranges a congregational prayer for its staff in a building within the complex of the college. It is located next to the town’s masjid and they are fully aware that at the same time there is a congregational prayer held in the masjid. What would the rule be regarding one’s participation in the congregational prayer being conducted in the college?

Answer #579:

When one maintains that a congregational prayer enjoys the conditions required for following and congregation; he can participate in it, even though it is close to a masjid in which a congregational prayer is held simultaneously.

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