What is your opinion on using the absence of hardship as evidence for passing in front of a person praying?
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The questioner : He says: Excuses are their excuse. What is your opinion regarding the noble verse that says: [Al-Hajj 22:78] Allah [Al-Hajj 22:78] and passing through the Sacred Mosque is a hardship?
The Shaykh : We say: This verse is upon our eyes and heads.[Al-Hajj 22:78] And what hardship is there for a person if he waits until the other finishes his prayer? What hardship is there for him in that? There is no hardship. Wait until your brother finishes his prayer, then look. Also, especially since people today, and to Allah we complain, do not linger in their prayer; they do not stay long, perhaps five or ten minutes, and the matter is finished. So where is the hardship in that?
and has not placed
وَمَا جَعَلَupon you in the religion any difficulty
عَلَيْكُمْ فِي الدِّينِ مِنْ حَرَجٍThe Shaykh : We say: This verse is upon our eyes and heads.
and has not placed upon you in the religion any difficulty
وَمَا جَعَلَ عَلَيْكُمْ فِي الدِّينِ مِنْ حَرَجٍ
Source
دروس وفتاوى المسجد الحرام لعام 1402هـ - 2 — binothaimeen.net (1:13:16)
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