The Ruling on a Person in a State of Major Ritual Impurity Entering the Mosque
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Question:
I have more than one question, may Allah preserve you. The first question is about the ruling on a person in a state of major ritual impurity entering the mosque if he is carrying an object, meaning something important. This is the first question. The second question: if he takes a position on the right side and leaves the left side, meaning, although he was reminded about this matter, but I don't know, what is the problem? It seems to be the case with most people. So, the third question: saying "Indeed we belong to Allah and to Him we return" for someone who is not the one afflicted, meaning by the calamity. We find people who report a calamity and put "Indeed we belong to Allah and to Him we return" at the beginning of it, but it is for someone else, meaning it is not the calamity that it implies, for example. This is the third question. The fourth. The fourth, may Allah keep you safe. We will suffice with these questions. Honorable Shaykh Salih, what is the ruling on a person in a state of major ritual impurity entering the mosque?
Answer:
Yes, passing through is fine.[An-Nisa 4:43] So if one is just passing by, it is permissible to pass through the mosque for a menstruating woman or one in a state of major ritual impurity; it is merely passing through, and one does not sit in it. Yes.
I have more than one question, may Allah preserve you. The first question is about the ruling on a person in a state of major ritual impurity entering the mosque if he is carrying an object, meaning something important. This is the first question. The second question: if he takes a position on the right side and leaves the left side, meaning, although he was reminded about this matter, but I don't know, what is the problem? It seems to be the case with most people. So, the third question: saying "Indeed we belong to Allah and to Him we return" for someone who is not the one afflicted, meaning by the calamity. We find people who report a calamity and put "Indeed we belong to Allah and to Him we return" at the beginning of it, but it is for someone else, meaning it is not the calamity that it implies, for example. This is the third question. The fourth. The fourth, may Allah keep you safe. We will suffice with these questions. Honorable Shaykh Salih, what is the ruling on a person in a state of major ritual impurity entering the mosque?
Answer:
Yes, passing through is fine.
or in a state of janabah, except those passing through [a place of prayer], until you have washed [your whole body]
وَلَا جُنُبًا إِلَّا عَابِرِي سَبِيلٍ حَتَّىٰ تَغْتَسِلُوا
Source
قناة «مؤسسة الدعوة الخيرية»، فتاوى على الهواء الفوزان 25-01-1438هـ — youtube.com (9:12)
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