Creed of As-Salaf As-Salih

 

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Creed of As-Salaf As-Salih

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QUESTION: What is the distance that one is allowed to pass in front of a person who is praying?

Shaikh Muhammad Ibn Saaleh al-`Uthaymeen رحمه الله replied:

❝The distance that is prohibited to cross in front of the one who is praying are as follows:

1. If he is praying behind a Sutrah (screeen or barrier like a pillar or wall), then the distance between him and the Sutrah is forbidden. It is not allowed for anyone to pass through them.

2. If there is no Sutrah, but there is a specified praying place, like he is praying on a prayer rug, then this prayer rug should be respected. It is not allowed for anyone to walk over this prayer rug that he is praying on.

3. But if there is no specified praying place (i.e. no Sutrah or prayer rug), then the distance between his feet and the place of his prostration (i.e. where he rests his head in Sujood) is prohibited. No one should pass through them.❞

[Majmoo` al-Fataawa of Shaikh Ibn al-`Uthaymeen (13/329-330)]

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