The sutrah for the ma'mum in the mosque and what is attributed to the Shaykh regarding it
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, one of the common people says that you mentioned on the Qur'an Radio that you do not see a sutrah for the praying person. He says he heard that, and that whoever prays facing a sutrah is as if he is praying facing an idol. So this common person comes to our mosque and takes the sutrah.
The Shaykh:
O teacher of the blackness.
The questioner:
One of the common people says that you mentioned on the Qur'an Radio that you do not see a sutrah for the praying person. He says he heard that from you on the radio, and that whoever prays facing a sutrah is as if he is praying facing an idol, and that he should take a sutrah from in front of the people praying in the mosque. What is your view on this? And is it correct from you?
The Shaykh:
Yes. We said that in the mosque, the imam's sutrah is the sutrah for the ma'mum; it is not that every praying person places a sutrah in front of him. It is possible that we are misquoting this speech, that the imam's sutrah is sufficient for the ma'mum's sutrah. This is what we might hear. But if he heard something other than this, he should provide the recording of what he said.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, one of the common people says that you mentioned on the Qur'an Radio that you do not see a sutrah for the praying person. He says he heard that, and that whoever prays facing a sutrah is as if he is praying facing an idol. So this common person comes to our mosque and takes the sutrah.
The Shaykh:
O teacher of the blackness.
The questioner:
One of the common people says that you mentioned on the Qur'an Radio that you do not see a sutrah for the praying person. He says he heard that from you on the radio, and that whoever prays facing a sutrah is as if he is praying facing an idol, and that he should take a sutrah from in front of the people praying in the mosque. What is your view on this? And is it correct from you?
The Shaykh:
Yes. We said that in the mosque, the imam's sutrah is the sutrah for the ma'mum; it is not that every praying person places a sutrah in front of him. It is possible that we are misquoting this speech, that the imam's sutrah is sufficient for the ma'mum's sutrah. This is what we might hear. But if he heard something other than this, he should provide the recording of what he said.
Source
أخصر المختصرات في الفقه الحنبلي [12-2] — alfawzan.live (1:03:18)
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