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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Suffering from bad breath in the mouth: Is he excused from attending the mosque for prayer?

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Question:
May Allah reward you with good and do you well. After this, a message from one of the listening brothers, who indicated his name with the letters Nun, Mim, Mim, Al-Ma'mari. He asks a collection of questions, one of which says: "First, I complain to Allah, then to you, about the bad breath in my mouth. In light of this, I ask: Should I avoid the mosques and be deprived of the gatherings and lectures, or how do you direct me? And is there a way to treat this illness? May Allah reward you with good."

Answer:
First, regarding the way to treat this illness, you should ask the medical professionals. Perhaps Allah will provide a healing cure for it, based on the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)
(peace and blessings be upon him) "Allah has not sent down a disease except that He has sent down for it a cure; some know it and some do not."صلى الله عليه وسلم ما أنزل الله داء إلا وأنزل له شفاء علمه من علمه، وجهله من جهله،
Sunan al-Bayhaqi 17:517
So do not despair, and consult the doctors, perhaps they will find a treatment for you that Allah will make beneficial for you. As for your attendance at the mosques and the gatherings of knowledge, if it is possible for you to use items and cleansers that reduce this smell or overcome it, then you should use these cleansers and pleasant scents that cover this foul smell or reduce it.
And if this is not possible, and this smell appears and harms those present in the mosque, then you are excused from missing the mosque. You can listen to the lectures and gatherings through the microphone whose sound extends outside the mosque. You can be in a place where you hear the sound and benefit, even if you do not attend with the gathered people. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 4661- يعاني من البخر في الفم فهل يعذر بترك الصلاة في المسجد؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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