Is it from the Sunnah for a man to pray in his slippers?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, this questioner says: Is it true that it is from the Sunnah for a man to pray in his slippers?
Answer:
Yes, if he is safe from defiling the mosque. Mosques nowadays are carpeted. If you allowed people to enter with their slippers, they would be defiled. The situation is different now. In the past, they were earthen and entering with slippers did not affect them, but now they are carpeted and tiled, so the situation has changed. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, this questioner says: Is it true that it is from the Sunnah for a man to pray in his slippers?
Answer:
Yes, if he is safe from defiling the mosque. Mosques nowadays are carpeted. If you allowed people to enter with their slippers, they would be defiled. The situation is different now. In the past, they were earthen and entering with slippers did not affect them, but now they are carpeted and tiled, so the situation has changed. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 536- هل من السنة أن يصلي الرجل في نعليه؟ - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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