Wearing a new sandal in prayer to revive the Sunnah
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, if our mosque imam buys a new sandal and leads the congregation while wearing it, should we object to this action of his? He tells the congregation that this is a neglected Sunnah, and that he is now reviving it.
Answer:
You know the answer: mosques nowadays do not permit entry wearing sandals. This will cause discord among the people and create fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) that changes the situation. The ruling revolves around its cause, and the fact that he shows people his sandals, renewing them—how does he show them? He brings them with him and shows them to them, if he did not wear them. As for him saying this is a Sunnah in any case, a Sunnah in any case, no, it is a Sunnah in some appropriate circumstances.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, if our mosque imam buys a new sandal and leads the congregation while wearing it, should we object to this action of his? He tells the congregation that this is a neglected Sunnah, and that he is now reviving it.
Answer:
You know the answer: mosques nowadays do not permit entry wearing sandals. This will cause discord among the people and create fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) that changes the situation. The ruling revolves around its cause, and the fact that he shows people his sandals, renewing them—how does he show them? He brings them with him and shows them to them, if he did not wear them. As for him saying this is a Sunnah in any case, a Sunnah in any case, no, it is a Sunnah in some appropriate circumstances.
Source
المنتقى من أخبار سيد المرسلين [5] — alfawzan.live (56:35)
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