The ruling on one who eats onions before prayer and entering the mosque
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: If a person eats onions before prayer, does that prevent him from entering the mosque and praying in congregation?
Answer:
Yes, if he harms the worshippers with his smell, then it is prohibited for him; he is prohibited from praying. He has the smell of onions. He says: Riyad as-Salihin 1703 So let him not approach our mosque, and let him sit in his house. So the Muslim does not eat garlic or onions near the time of prayer; he eats them at another time and takes measures to remove the smell and eliminate it. As for going to the mosque with the smell of garlic and onions, bothering the worshippers and the angels, and disobeying the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) who says:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: If a person eats onions before prayer, does that prevent him from entering the mosque and praying in congregation?
Answer:
Yes, if he harms the worshippers with his smell, then it is prohibited for him; he is prohibited from praying. He has the smell of onions.
So let him not approach our mosque
فلا يقربن مصلاناThe Prophet (ﷺ) said, "He who has eaten garlic or onion
النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم من أكل ثوما أو بصلاLet him not approach our mosque
لا يقربن مصلانا.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، الباب العاشر في علامات مرض القلب وصحته — islamhouse.com (1:07:09)
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