What is the ruling on treating oneself with onions if it leads to missing the prayer?
Machine translationRead the Arabic original
Question:
Honorable Shaykh, the questioner says: There is a man who treats himself with onions and is always late for the prayers. What is the ruling in this matter?
Answer:
It is not permissible for him to go to the mosque with the smell of onions on him, because it harms the angels and harms the people. However, he is required to cook the onions until the smell goes away. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said, if it is absolutely necessary, cook them. Or, he should not eat onions close to the time of prayer. He should not eat them close to the time of prayer. He should eat them at a time far from the prayer, such as at night, or after the Fajr prayer, so that the smell disappears before the time of Zuhr, and disappears before Fajr. He should eat them at a time far from the time of prayer. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, the questioner says: There is a man who treats himself with onions and is always late for the prayers. What is the ruling in this matter?
Answer:
It is not permissible for him to go to the mosque with the smell of onions on him, because it harms the angels and harms the people. However, he is required to cook the onions until the smell goes away. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said, if it is absolutely necessary, cook them. Or, he should not eat onions close to the time of prayer. He should not eat them close to the time of prayer. He should eat them at a time far from the prayer, such as at night, or after the Fajr prayer, so that the smell disappears before the time of Zuhr, and disappears before Fajr. He should eat them at a time far from the time of prayer. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم التداوي بالبصل إذا أدى للتخلف عن الصلاة؟ للشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.