If one eats garlic or onions and then removes the smell from his mouth, is it permissible for him to pray in the mosque?
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Question:
We say: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. If a Muslim eats garlic or onions before the prayer, and then when the time for prayer arrives, he takes something that changes the smell of the garlic or onions, such as betel nut or something else, is it permissible for him to pray in congregation at that time? The concern is the persistence of the smell.
Answer:
So if the smell is gone, and he is able to remove the smell, there is no harm in that, because the concern has been removed? Yes.
We say: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. If a Muslim eats garlic or onions before the prayer, and then when the time for prayer arrives, he takes something that changes the smell of the garlic or onions, such as betel nut or something else, is it permissible for him to pray in congregation at that time? The concern is the persistence of the smell.
Answer:
So if the smell is gone, and he is able to remove the smell, there is no harm in that, because the concern has been removed? Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [55 -2802] من أكل ثوما أو بصلا ثم طيب رائحة فمه، هل له أن يصلي في المسجد؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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