The ruling on praying while food is present as a habit
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is the flea (ba'uth) measured by size in the same way as lice?
Answer:
Provided that this is not a habit for the person. However, if it is a habit for the person that he does not have food present except when the prayer is called, this is not permissible; this is intentional. But if it happens sometimes that food is present without intention, then he does not go to the prayer, and he desires the food, except that he takes his need from it. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is the flea (ba'uth) measured by size in the same way as lice?
Answer:
Provided that this is not a habit for the person. However, if it is a habit for the person that he does not have food present except when the prayer is called, this is not permissible; this is intentional. But if it happens sometimes that food is present without intention, then he does not go to the prayer, and he desires the food, except that he takes his need from it. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 017 من 123 / شرح كتاب زاد المستقنع / الصلاة / صفة الصلاة / صالح الفوزان / الفقه / كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:12:02)
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