A man objected to my praying without a sutrah; what is the ruling on placing a sutrah in prayer?
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. I once prayed, and a man objected to me for not praying facing a sutrah. What is the ruling on placing a sutrah in prayer?
Answer:
Tell him that the sutrah is not, it is not obligatory; the sutrah is a recommended practice (sunnah). So if you pray and no one is in front of you, there is no objection to that; the prayer is valid even if you did not pray facing a sutrah, because you are only leaving a recommended practice and not leaving an obligatory act. So explain this to him. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. I once prayed, and a man objected to me for not praying facing a sutrah. What is the ruling on placing a sutrah in prayer?
Answer:
Tell him that the sutrah is not, it is not obligatory; the sutrah is a recommended practice (sunnah). So if you pray and no one is in front of you, there is no objection to that; the prayer is valid even if you did not pray facing a sutrah, because you are only leaving a recommended practice and not leaving an obligatory act. So explain this to him. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [4452- 4717] أنكر علي رجل الصلاة بدون سترة فما حكم وضع السترة في الصلاة؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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