The ruling on the sutrah for the one praying and a woman passing in front of him
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Question:
The questioner asks: What is the ruling on using a sutrah for the one praying? Does a woman invalidate the prayer if she passes in front of the one praying? And does he repeat the prayer if a woman passes in front of him, or not?
Answer:
The sutrah is a confirmed recommended practice (sunnah muakkadah). This is based on the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)Sunan Ibn Majah 954Sahih (Darussalam) The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: , and the other wording is: Bulugh al-Maram 2:98. It cuts off the prayer of the woman who is barefoot, the donkey, and the king of the most patient, as Muslim narrated in the Sahih, and Abu Dharr and al-Nasa'i narrated it with the addition of the menstruating woman. All of this indicates that it cuts off the prayer, invalidating it, except in the Sacred Mosque (al-Masjid al-Haram), where leaving out the sutrah is excused due to the difficulty of setting one up and the severe crowding that is usually present. Therefore, the prayer in the Sacred Mosque is valid, even if men and women pass in front of the person praying during the tawaf. Ibn al-Zubayr used to pray with people in front of him, and it was narrated that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) prayed with people in front of him, but there is a defect in its chain of narration. The conclusion is that in this Sacred Mosque, due to the hardship and the inability to have a sutrah, the prayer is valid, even if a person performing tawaf or others pass in front of him.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good,
The questioner asks: What is the ruling on using a sutrah for the one praying? Does a woman invalidate the prayer if she passes in front of the one praying? And does he repeat the prayer if a woman passes in front of him, or not?
Answer:
The sutrah is a confirmed recommended practice (sunnah muakkadah). This is based on the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)
When anyone of you performs prayer, let him pray facing towards a Sutrah, and let him get close to it
إِذَا صَلَّى أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيُصَلِّ إِلَى سُتْرَةٍ وَلْيَدْنُ مِنْهَاA woman invalidates the prayer, as does a donkey and a black dog.
والمرأة تقطع الصلاة والحمار والكلب الأسود،If there is not in front of any of you something like the back of a saddle, then a woman, a donkey, and a black dog invalidate his prayer.
إذا لم يكن بين يدي أحدكم مثل مؤخرة الرحل فإنه تقطع صلاته المرأة والحمار والكلب الأسودIn case there is not before him (an object) like the back of a saddle
المرأة الحائض إذا لم يكن بين يديه مثل مؤخرة الرحلThe presenter:
May Allah reward you with good,
Source
فتاوى المسجد الحرام (شعبان ١٤١٧ هـ) - ٤ — archive.org (54:30)
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