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Do we still have brother Abu Muhammad, or
has he left?

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We have Fahd. Go ahead, brother Fahd
from Medina.

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Salaam alaikum.

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Wa alaikum salaam.

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First, please convey my salaams to
the Shaykh.

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Second, I have two related questions.

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First, I get home late from work.

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I eat, sleep, and wake up at Asr time.

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I feel too lazy to go to the mosque,
so I pray at home, exhausted from work.

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And my second question is this.

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When exactly do you pray it?

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On time.

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Asr prayer?

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At home, yes.

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And the second question:
what counts as hearing the call?

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With city noise, even at 300 meters,
I may hear the call only by loudspeaker.

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Greet the Shaykh for me.
May Allah ﷻ reward you.

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Thank you. Allah ﷻ bless you.
I'll pass on your greetings.

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Shaykh, he comes home late from work,
eats, sleeps, prays Asr at home on time.

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What is its ruling?

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He may not miss Asr in congregation.

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He should pray with the congregation,
then sleep.

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Prayer is surely more binding than work.

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Even more than this world and all in it,
so he must guard his prayer.

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If he gets home from work early,
he may eat, sleep, then rise for Asr.

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But if time is short, he must not sleep
until he has prayed Asr in congregation.

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Allah ﷻ says:
"Guard the prayers and the middle prayer."

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The middle prayer is Asr.

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It was singled out after being mentioned
among the obligatory prayers.

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This emphasizes its importance
and the attention it deserves.

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So every Muslim must pay attention
to the Asr prayer.

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And in the hadith: "Whoever misses
the Asr prayer, his deeds are nullified."

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Imam Malik said missing the Asr prayer
means that its time has passed.

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So he must make sure to pray Asr.

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Whatever it takes.

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And it's easy, by Allah ﷻ's leave,
if he pays heed to this matter. Yes.