The Shaykh’s reminder on the obligation of greeting the mosque and using a sutrah in prayer.
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The Shaykh : I have a reminder for you regarding something. People are heedless of many legal issues.
For example: a person enters the mosque, just as we did, and sits down without praying the greeting of the mosque, whereas it is authentically reported from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) that he said:Sahih al-Bukhari 1167 This is one point.
The second point: he enters the mosque and prays in whatever place is convenient for him to pray, and this is heedlessness of the hadiths.
The summary of these hadiths is that every person who wants to pray must pray facing a sutrah. For example, I prayed here; this is my sutrah. Our brother prayed there between the wooden planks; that wall is his sutrah. This is his sutrah. If you, for example, prayed here, where is your sutrah? There is none. And why? People are heedless, and there is no one to remind them, as we said there. So I am reminding them, and the reminder benefits the believers. There are two hadiths from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him):
One of them: He said:Mishkat al-Masabih 782.
The second hadith: Why did you not come closer? May Allah guide you. This means: do not distance oneself from it. Here a question arises: How close must one be to the sutrah? A hadith in Sahih al-Bukhari states that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), when he prayed, would have the space between his place of prostration and the sutrah be the width of a sheep’s passage? That is, one and a half shibr, or two shibr at most. So this sutrah, for example, for the person whose head is here, is not over there, nor should he ram his head into the sutrah, meaning he should not press his head against the sutrah. Rather, he should leave the space of a sheep’s passage between his head and the sutrah. This is what I wanted to remind you of:
First: when a person enters the mosque, he must not sit in the mosque until he has prayed two rak'ahs.
Second: he must pray facing a sutrah, the wall of the mosque, a pillar of the mosque... and so on.
One of the attendees: For example: You found a person in this congregation... .. and you found the first row full of worshippers, and you came behind him.
The Shaykh : Are you talking about congregational prayer??
The questioner : Congregational prayer and non-congregational prayer... .
The Shaykh : Your sutrah is the first row.
For example: a person enters the mosque, just as we did, and sits down without praying the greeting of the mosque, whereas it is authentically reported from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) that he said:
If anyone of you enters a Mosque, he should not sit until he has offered a tworak` at prayer.
إذا دخل أحدكم المسجد فلا يجلس حتى يصلي ركعتينThe second point: he enters the mosque and prays in whatever place is convenient for him to pray, and this is heedlessness of the hadiths.
The summary of these hadiths is that every person who wants to pray must pray facing a sutrah. For example, I prayed here; this is my sutrah. Our brother prayed there between the wooden planks; that wall is his sutrah. This is his sutrah. If you, for example, prayed here, where is your sutrah? There is none. And why? People are heedless, and there is no one to remind them, as we said there. So I am reminding them, and the reminder benefits the believers. There are two hadiths from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him):
One of them: He said:
When one of you prays facing a sutra * he should keep close to it and not let the devil interrupt his prayer.
إذا صلى أحدكم فليصلِ إلى سترة لا يقطع الشيطان عليه صلاتهThe second hadith:
If one of you prays, let him come close to his sutrah.
إذا صلى أحدكم فليدنو من سترتهIf one of you prays, let him come close to his sutrah.
إذا صلى أحدكم فليدنو من سترتهFirst: when a person enters the mosque, he must not sit in the mosque until he has prayed two rak'ahs.
Second: he must pray facing a sutrah, the wall of the mosque, a pillar of the mosque... and so on.
One of the attendees: For example: You found a person in this congregation... .. and you found the first row full of worshippers, and you came behind him.
The Shaykh : Are you talking about congregational prayer??
The questioner : Congregational prayer and non-congregational prayer... .
The Shaykh : Your sutrah is the first row.
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