The wisdom behind preventing the one who eats garlic or onions from the mosque
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Question:
Your Eminence the Shaykh! Is the prevention of the one who eats garlic or onions from prayer for a dispensation or for discipline?
Answer:
Likewise, it is obligatory for every Muslim who eats garlic, onions, or leeks not to approach the mosque; because the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) prohibited that, and the default in prohibition is forbiddance. So he does not enter the mosque, even if it is empty, and he does not pray with the people, due to the Prophet’s (peace and blessings be upon him) prohibition of his prayers. The man was ordered to leave the mosque when that was found in him during the time of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). So the prohibition is for forbiddance and prevention. Yes.
Your Eminence the Shaykh! Is the prevention of the one who eats garlic or onions from prayer for a dispensation or for discipline?
Answer:
Likewise, it is obligatory for every Muslim who eats garlic, onions, or leeks not to approach the mosque; because the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) prohibited that, and the default in prohibition is forbiddance. So he does not enter the mosque, even if it is empty, and he does not pray with the people, due to the Prophet’s (peace and blessings be upon him) prohibition of his prayers. The man was ordered to leave the mosque when that was found in him during the time of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). So the prohibition is for forbiddance and prevention. Yes.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم [ برنامج إذاعي ]، بداية من باب كنس المساجد وتطييبها وصيانتها عن الروائح الكريهة — islamhouse.com (4:07)
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