Prayer in clothes with foul smells
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, a questioner says: As for the workers who pray and go to the mosque, and their clothes have foul smells, such as smoke, oils, and others, does the prayer count?
Answer:
It counts, but it is obligatory for them to pray in clean clothes; because the mosques have sanctity, and the worshippers have sanctity, so they should not annoy them with unpleasant odors. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade the one who eats onions from praying in the mosque, as he annoys the worshippers, and offends the angels, and the mosque. And so with all other unpleasant odors; a person should get rid of them as much as he can, and prepare to go to the mosque, and take a bath and wear clean clothes, cutting off the odors. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, a questioner says: As for the workers who pray and go to the mosque, and their clothes have foul smells, such as smoke, oils, and others, does the prayer count?
Answer:
It counts, but it is obligatory for them to pray in clean clothes; because the mosques have sanctity, and the worshippers have sanctity, so they should not annoy them with unpleasant odors. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade the one who eats onions from praying in the mosque, as he annoys the worshippers, and offends the angels, and the mosque. And so with all other unpleasant odors; a person should get rid of them as much as he can, and prepare to go to the mosque, and take a bath and wear clean clothes, cutting off the odors. Yes.
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/265 — archive.org (5:28)
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