The ruling on placing shoes in front of the worshippers
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Question:
Your Eminence the Shaykh! This questioner says, may Allah prolong your life and benefit Islam and the Muslims through you: What is the ruling on placing shoes in front of the worshippers?
Answer:
The shoes should be placed between his feet, or he should pray in them if they are clean. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) commanded that they be placed between his feet, or that he pray in them, not that he place them in front of him. The shoes are to be between his feet, so that he does not harm anyone with them, or he prays in them if they are clean.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good.
Your Eminence the Shaykh! This questioner says, may Allah prolong your life and benefit Islam and the Muslims through you: What is the ruling on placing shoes in front of the worshippers?
Answer:
The shoes should be placed between his feet, or he should pray in them if they are clean. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) commanded that they be placed between his feet, or that he pray in them, not that he place them in front of him. The shoes are to be between his feet, so that he does not harm anyone with them, or he prays in them if they are clean.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good.
Source
فتاوى المسجد الحرام (شعبان ١٤١٧ هـ) - ٦ — archive.org (22:55)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.