The ruling on placing wax on the forehead during prayer
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, I go out to the open fields and pray in congregation on a rented carpet, and I am afraid that it is not pure, so I place my scarf under my face on my forehead. Is that permissible for me?
Answer:
The default is purity, and praise be to Allah, as long as you do not know that it is impure; the default is purity. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, I go out to the open fields and pray in congregation on a rented carpet, and I am afraid that it is not pure, so I place my scarf under my face on my forehead. Is that permissible for me?
Answer:
The default is purity, and praise be to Allah, as long as you do not know that it is impure; the default is purity. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good.
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/138 — archive.org (4:36)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.