Turning off the heater when sleeping
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, is it obligatory to turn off the stove if a person falls asleep and it is connected to the fire?
Answer:
If it is set to heat on gas, not on wood or charcoal, then yes, this is fire, and it is disliked—meaning it is disliked—to face what is forbidden, though one cannot pray in that direction; however, it is disliked to face it. But if it is like a light bulb, if it is in front of the lamp, if it is in front, it is not called fire. Therefore, the switch is not without doubt, so it is called fire. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, is it obligatory to turn off the stove if a person falls asleep and it is connected to the fire?
Answer:
If it is set to heat on gas, not on wood or charcoal, then yes, this is fire, and it is disliked—meaning it is disliked—to face what is forbidden, though one cannot pray in that direction; however, it is disliked to face it. But if it is like a light bulb, if it is in front of the lamp, if it is in front, it is not called fire. Therefore, the switch is not without doubt, so it is called fire. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 120 من 175 /شرح بلوغ المرام/النكاح/أحاديث في النكاح/صالح الفوزان/الحديث/كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:03:11)
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