What is the ruling on praying in the mihrabs in mosques?
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: What is the ruling on praying in the mihrabs in mosques, where we have heard a report saying, “Beware of these altars,” meaning the mihrabs?
Answer:
Praying in the mihrab is disliked if there is no need and the mosque is spacious, because if he prays in the mihrab, what he does is hidden from the ma'mum (those praying behind him) and they cannot see him. But if there is a need and the mosque is narrow, there is no harm in his praying in the mihrab. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: What is the ruling on praying in the mihrabs in mosques, where we have heard a report saying, “Beware of these altars,” meaning the mihrabs?
Answer:
Praying in the mihrab is disliked if there is no need and the mosque is spacious, because if he prays in the mihrab, what he does is hidden from the ma'mum (those praying behind him) and they cannot see him. But if there is a need and the mosque is narrow, there is no harm in his praying in the mihrab. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [320 -858] ما حكم الصلاة في المحاريب التي في المساجد؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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