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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Prayer in a place containing images and decorations

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The questioner:
Or also.

The Shaykh:
When necessity calls for it, one prays in whatever place allows the prayer to be performed. However, if one can pray in a place that has no images or anything resembling them, it is recommended to do so, even if the place has decorations or things that resemble them. One should not seek out another place if he can pray in that one.

The questioner:
The brother says that the motorcycle magazines are wrapped and folded.

The Shaykh:
No, these do not resemble trade goods, newspapers, or leather. They are either folded or hung up. It is just the image itself. These hanging images are hung in churches on the walls or placed on the chairs. Yes. Be reassured.

The questioner:
But if it returns, meaning if it deceives someone into praying with it, or if we have seen something of that sort, it does not have the ruling of mosques. No, it does not have the ruling of mosques? I mean, the one who prays in the house.
Source شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم [ الشرح الأول ]، بداية من باب قضاء ما يفوت من الوتر والسنن الراتبة والأوراد — islamhouse.com (1:20:29)

The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.

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