What is the authenticity of the report attributed to you that you do not consider a sutrah (prayer barrier) necessary for the one praying, and that whoever prays facing a sutrah is like one who prays facing an idol?

Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: One of the common people says that you mentioned on the Radio Quran that you do not consider a sutrah necessary for the one praying. He says he heard this from you on the radio, and that whoever prays facing a sutrah is like one who prays facing an idol. So this common person comes to our mosque and takes the sutrah from in front of the people praying in the mosque. What is your view on this? And is this correct regarding you?

Answer:
We said that in the mosque, the imam’s sutrah is the sutrah for the ma’mum (those praying behind him); it is not that every person places a sutrah in front of himself. Perhaps we said that the imam’s sutrah is sufficient for the ma’mum, and this is what this person heard. But if he heard something else, he should bring the recording; he should bring the recording in which he said it.