Text copied Link copied

Al-Fatawa – home

﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

Scholar
Search mode

What is the distance between the one praying and the sutrah?

Machine translationRead the Arabic original
Question:
Honorable Shaykh, the questioner asks: What is the required distance from the sutrah in prayer?

Answer:
It is prescribed to be close to the sutrah. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
When anyone of you performs prayer, let him pray facing towards a Sutrah, and let him get close to itإِذَا صَلَّى أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيُصَلِّ إِلَى سُتْرَةٍ وَلْيَدْنُ مِنْهَا
Sunan Ibn Majah 954Sahih (Darussalam)
It is required to be near it, not to be far from it.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما هي المسافة بين المصلي والسترة؟ للشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.

Flag this fatwa