Placing books behind the one praying
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Question:
He sat, if Allah wills, on a chair, and behind the chair, if Allah wills, were books containing verses and hadiths. Does that invalidate it?
Answer:
I mean in a cabinet. Like this mosque behind us; there are books behind it. There is no harm in that, but if a cabinet or a gap is found, it is better to be further from doubt. It is better to place the cabinet at the front of the mosque, and if there is a shelf to put them on, that is further from doubt, because the place exists but is bad. Yes. In the absence of a place, he put them in the car in this location. No, it is better for him to put them in a place in front of him where he prays; that is more cautious and further from doubt. Oh, Allah. The intention is not to preserve them; this is incidental. I am saying it is an incidental matter.
He sat, if Allah wills, on a chair, and behind the chair, if Allah wills, were books containing verses and hadiths. Does that invalidate it?
Answer:
I mean in a cabinet. Like this mosque behind us; there are books behind it. There is no harm in that, but if a cabinet or a gap is found, it is better to be further from doubt. It is better to place the cabinet at the front of the mosque, and if there is a shelf to put them on, that is further from doubt, because the place exists but is bad. Yes. In the absence of a place, he put them in the car in this location. No, it is better for him to put them in a place in front of him where he prays; that is more cautious and further from doubt. Oh, Allah. The intention is not to preserve them; this is incidental. I am saying it is an incidental matter.
Source
التعليق على رياض الصالحين، تابع باب أحاديث الدجال وأشراط الساعة وغيرها : الأحاديث : [ 1820 - 1823 ] — islamhouse.com (5:43)
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