Prayer and a heater or fire in front of the one praying
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Question:
The questioner asks: Is it permissible for me to pray when there is a heater or a burning fire or embers in front of me?
Answer:
This depends on the nature of the heater. Is it considered fire, such that it is disliked—disliked in a way that makes it disliked to pray with fire in front of you? That is the default ruling. Does the heater fall under the category of fire, or is it like a light bulb? An electric light bulb is also like a heater; the current ignites it. So I do not see it as being like fire. I do not see it as being like fire. If it is permissible to pray with light bulbs in front of you for illumination, then it is permissible to pray with a heater in front of you, because it is the same as electric light bulbs. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
The questioner asks: Is it permissible for me to pray when there is a heater or a burning fire or embers in front of me?
Answer:
This depends on the nature of the heater. Is it considered fire, such that it is disliked—disliked in a way that makes it disliked to pray with fire in front of you? That is the default ruling. Does the heater fall under the category of fire, or is it like a light bulb? An electric light bulb is also like a heater; the current ignites it. So I do not see it as being like fire. I do not see it as being like fire. If it is permissible to pray with light bulbs in front of you for illumination, then it is permissible to pray with a heater in front of you, because it is the same as electric light bulbs. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 35 من 64\شرح عمدة الأحكام (شرح كامل مع أسئلة)\ الحج\دخول مكة وغيره\صالح الفوزان\الفقه\كبار العلماء — youtube.com (56:01)
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