The Ruling on Stopping One Who Passes in Front of the One Praying
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh! What is the ruling on stopping one who passes in front of the one praying? Is it obligatory or recommended?
Answer:
This is a right of the one praying; he has the right to the water. It is the right of the one praying that he does not allow anyone to pass in front of him, except if he is in the Haram, in al-Masjid al-Haram, or in crowded congregational mosques, where the harm necessitates that he allows passage. But if he is in a place that is not crowded, no, no, he prevents passage. It is forbidden for a person to pass between a praying person and his sutrah, or between a praying person and a part of his body, such as the space between his feet, if he does not have a sutrah. It is forbidden for the one praying to prevent [passage] except in the crowded places and the large congregational mosques in the two Harams, where he does not prevent [passage] due to the harm. Yes. Honorable Shaykh.
And the legal principle is that when the matter becomes severe, the more severe the matter becomes, the more one is occupied with it. So it is not permissible to prevent people from entering to perform the prayer in the Haram, as some of the brothers do. This is a mistake. This is a mistake. Even if you prevent one person, you do not prevent twenty out of a hundred in the Shari'ah.
Honorable Shaykh! What is the ruling on stopping one who passes in front of the one praying? Is it obligatory or recommended?
Answer:
This is a right of the one praying; he has the right to the water. It is the right of the one praying that he does not allow anyone to pass in front of him, except if he is in the Haram, in al-Masjid al-Haram, or in crowded congregational mosques, where the harm necessitates that he allows passage. But if he is in a place that is not crowded, no, no, he prevents passage. It is forbidden for a person to pass between a praying person and his sutrah, or between a praying person and a part of his body, such as the space between his feet, if he does not have a sutrah. It is forbidden for the one praying to prevent [passage] except in the crowded places and the large congregational mosques in the two Harams, where he does not prevent [passage] due to the harm. Yes. Honorable Shaykh.
And the legal principle is that when the matter becomes severe, the more severe the matter becomes, the more one is occupied with it. So it is not permissible to prevent people from entering to perform the prayer in the Haram, as some of the brothers do. This is a mistake. This is a mistake. Even if you prevent one person, you do not prevent twenty out of a hundred in the Shari'ah.
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