The ruling on a man with asthma praying at home due to the cold from air conditioners
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, the questioner says: There is a man suffering from severe asthma and chest sensitivity such that he cannot tolerate the cold from air conditioners. Is it permissible for him to pray at home, given that the imam of the mosque refuses to turn off some of the air conditioners if he is unable to pray in the mosque because of
Answer:
finding another mosque with less cold, there is no doubt that this is a hardship. He may pray at home, but it is obligatory for the congregants and those in charge of the mosque to consider the conditions of the people. They should not burden them with excessive or intense cold. They should reduce the cold and consider the people and their conditions. If the prayer is made easier for the sake of considering the worshippers, how can the cold not be reduced for the sake of considering the sick? Yes, some people used to exaggerate with the cold in the mosques and impose it on the people. It is not just one or two people; even if the rest of the congregation had only one sick person, you should consider that. Even if there is only one sick person among them, you should consider that. It does not burden you. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, the questioner says: There is a man suffering from severe asthma and chest sensitivity such that he cannot tolerate the cold from air conditioners. Is it permissible for him to pray at home, given that the imam of the mosque refuses to turn off some of the air conditioners if he is unable to pray in the mosque because of
Answer:
finding another mosque with less cold, there is no doubt that this is a hardship. He may pray at home, but it is obligatory for the congregants and those in charge of the mosque to consider the conditions of the people. They should not burden them with excessive or intense cold. They should reduce the cold and consider the people and their conditions. If the prayer is made easier for the sake of considering the worshippers, how can the cold not be reduced for the sake of considering the sick? Yes, some people used to exaggerate with the cold in the mosques and impose it on the people. It is not just one or two people; even if the rest of the congregation had only one sick person, you should consider that. Even if there is only one sick person among them, you should consider that. It does not burden you. Yes.
Source
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