The ruling on attending the mosque in sleepwear or dirty work clothes
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Question:
May Allah reward you with good. This questioner says: Your Eminence the Shaykh, we love you for the sake of Allah, and I observe that some people come to the mosques for prayer in their sleepwear, and likewise they come to the two Sacred Mosques, and some of them come in dirty work clothes. What is your opinion, especially since some of the worshippers are bothered by this? And what does the noble verse[Al-A'raf 7:31] mean?
Answer:
It is the Sunnah (recommended practice) for the believer, when he goes to the mosque, to be in a good state; because of the noble verse[Al-A'raf 7:31], adornment for every mosque, and because he faces his brothers and lines up with his brothers, he should be in a good state, in good clothing, and with a good scent. He should perfume himself, avoid bad odors such as the smell of smoke, or onions, or garlic, or the smell of armpits or teeth. He should strive to have a pleasant scent, and treat any bad odors he has; he should treat that, and not eat garlic or onions. And if he eats them, he should not approach the place of prayer, not attend with the people, and not come in bad clothes, clothes that have dirt on them among the people. Rather, he should seek out good, covering, beautiful clothes for his prayer that are not dirty. He should seek this out when he is able; when he is able, he should seek this out. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
May Allah reward you with good. This questioner says: Your Eminence the Shaykh, we love you for the sake of Allah, and I observe that some people come to the mosques for prayer in their sleepwear, and likewise they come to the two Sacred Mosques, and some of them come in dirty work clothes. What is your opinion, especially since some of the worshippers are bothered by this? And what does the noble verse
O children of Adam, take your adornment at every masjid
يَا بَنِي آدَمَ خُذُوا زِينَتَكُمْ عِندَ كُلِّ مَسْجِدٍAnswer:
It is the Sunnah (recommended practice) for the believer, when he goes to the mosque, to be in a good state; because of the noble verse
O children of Adam, take
يَا بَنِي آدَمَ خُذُواThe presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Source
فتاوى المسجد الحرام (شعبان ١٤١٧ هـ) - ٥ — archive.org (42:55)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.
