Text copied Link copied

Al-Fatawa – home

﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

Scholar
Search mode

Placing the ghutrah on the carpet when prostrating out of necessity

Machine translationRead the Arabic original
Question:
Some of those who pray place their ghutrah, shemagh, or one of the garments they have with them when they wish to prostrate, because the smell of the carpet bothers them, and they may be suffering from asthma. Is there any harm in doing so?

Answer:
There is no harm in it. If this is done out of necessity, there is no harm in it. It was
The Companions of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) would pray behind him the midday prayer in the heat of the day. If they were unable to prostrate on the ground because of the heat of the earth from the sun, they would place their turbans or the ends of their garments and prostrate on them.صحابة رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم يصلون خلفه في الظهيرة صلاة الظهر، فإذا لم يستطيعوا يسجدوا على الأرض لحر الأرض من الشمس يضعون عمائمهم أو أطراف ثيابهم ويسجدون عليها،
So if he does this out of necessity, there is no harm in it. Yes.

The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Source لقاء مفتوح [الزلفي] — alfawzan.live (47:54)

The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.

Flag this fatwa