What is the ruling on one who prayed while having gum stuck to his foot?
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The questioner:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner says: A man prayed, and then someone behind him alerted him that there was gum stuck to his foot.
The Shaykh:
Gum? Yes, okay, yes.
The questioner:
He asks: Does he have to repeat the ablution and the prayer? Knowing that he is not sure whether the gum was there before the ablution or after it?
The Shaykh:
He is not required to make up the prayer unless he is certain that the gum was there before the ablution but he forgot it, or he did not know about it until after the prayer, and he is certain that it was before the ablution; in that case, he repeats the prayer. But if he does not know, he is not obligated to make it up, except as a precaution. If he wants to be cautious, there is no harm in it.
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner says: A man prayed, and then someone behind him alerted him that there was gum stuck to his foot.
The Shaykh:
Gum? Yes, okay, yes.
The questioner:
He asks: Does he have to repeat the ablution and the prayer? Knowing that he is not sure whether the gum was there before the ablution or after it?
The Shaykh:
He is not required to make up the prayer unless he is certain that the gum was there before the ablution but he forgot it, or he did not know about it until after the prayer, and he is certain that it was before the ablution; in that case, he repeats the prayer. But if he does not know, he is not obligated to make it up, except as a precaution. If he wants to be cautious, there is no harm in it.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم من صلى وفي قدمه لبان ملتصق به؟ للشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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