What is the ruling on praying on a prayer mat that has a cross drawn on it, and on advertisements that contain a cross?

Question:
Commercial advertisements are numerous in many of our cities, and these advertisements carry the symbol of the cross, such as the advertising for a Philips center, for example. What is the ruling on praying on a prayer mat that has the symbol of the cross on it? Yes.

Answer:
The state, may Allah guide it, is keen to prevent the display of the cross and to prevent its presence in any store or any place, and they follow up on this frequently and remove it. If one finds this from someone, it is necessary for the one who finds it on a store or in any place to report it to the Commission, and to make them aware of it, as you have heard recently about this. As for the prayer mat that has crosses or images on it, one should not pray on it, and it should not be left there. If it is worn out, this is worn out, and there is no harm in using the worn-out one; the worn-out one can be placed under one and one can sit on it, there is no harm, even if it has images on it. But in prayer, it may distract the one praying. It should be wiped with something, meaning, make it a rag to cover it, or replace it with another mat that has no images and no crosses. If he sees a cross, he should dismantle it in his house, meaning, remove it. If he finds a cross, he removes it by undoing the stitching in it until the description of the cross is gone, or he places something like a rag over it and stitches it on so that it does not appear, and so that it is covered, and the like of that.