The Imam's Prayer in the Mosque's Mihrab
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The questioner:
The questioner asks: What is the reason for the ruling that it is not permissible for the imam to pray in the mihrab of the mosque?
The Shaykh:
Yes.
The questioner:
What is the reason for the ruling that it is not permissible for the imam to pray in the mihrab of the mosque?
The Shaykh:
No one, my brother, has said that it is not permissible for the imam to pray in the mosque’s mihrab; no one has said that. But they said it is disliked for him to enter the mihrab because the people cannot see him to follow him, unless there is narrowness in the mosque. In that case, there is no harm in his praying in the mihrab, or what they call the arch; there is no harm in that if the mosque is narrow. But if the mosque is spacious, it is disliked for him to enter the arch because the worshippers cannot see him. Yes.
The questioner asks: What is the reason for the ruling that it is not permissible for the imam to pray in the mihrab of the mosque?
The Shaykh:
Yes.
The questioner:
What is the reason for the ruling that it is not permissible for the imam to pray in the mihrab of the mosque?
The Shaykh:
No one, my brother, has said that it is not permissible for the imam to pray in the mosque’s mihrab; no one has said that. But they said it is disliked for him to enter the mihrab because the people cannot see him to follow him, unless there is narrowness in the mosque. In that case, there is no harm in his praying in the mihrab, or what they call the arch; there is no harm in that if the mosque is narrow. But if the mosque is spacious, it is disliked for him to enter the arch because the worshippers cannot see him. Yes.
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مجالس رمضان 1431هـ - 06 — alfawzan.live (28:53)
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