What is the ruling on praying in a place where pictures are hanging on the wall?
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The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is the ruling on praying in a place where there are pictures hanging on the wall?
The Shaykh:
It is not permissible; the prayer is not valid in a place where there are hanging pictures that the one praying faces, because this resembles the worship of idols.
The presenter:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
As for if he does not face them, the prayer is valid, but the sin of hanging the pictures remains. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is the ruling on praying in a place where there are pictures hanging on the wall?
The Shaykh:
It is not permissible; the prayer is not valid in a place where there are hanging pictures that the one praying faces, because this resembles the worship of idols.
The presenter:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
As for if he does not face them, the prayer is valid, but the sin of hanging the pictures remains. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [2706- 4717] ما حكم الصلاة في مكان به صور معلقة على الجدار؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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