The Ruling on Eating Garlic Before Prayer
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is it permissible for a group of people in the desert or travelers to eat garlic near the time of prayer if they are going to pray together?
The Shaykh:
This is not permissible because the angels are repelled. The angels that attend the prayer are repelled by the smell, and the angels are repelled by what repels a human being, as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said.
The questioner:
Is the harm to the angels limited to mosques?
The Shaykh:
No, it is not limited to mosques. I mean, the angels do not attend the prayer except in mosques, is that not correct? The angels attend when the prayer is performed and when the Qur'an is recited in any place, and when Allah is remembered, they attend when Allah is remembered in any place. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is it permissible for a group of people in the desert or travelers to eat garlic near the time of prayer if they are going to pray together?
The Shaykh:
This is not permissible because the angels are repelled. The angels that attend the prayer are repelled by the smell, and the angels are repelled by what repels a human being, as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said.
The questioner:
Is the harm to the angels limited to mosques?
The Shaykh:
No, it is not limited to mosques. I mean, the angels do not attend the prayer except in mosques, is that not correct? The angels attend when the prayer is performed and when the Qur'an is recited in any place, and when Allah is remembered, they attend when Allah is remembered in any place. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 141/14 شرح زاد المستقنع/ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (16:20)
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