Also, Your Eminence, regarding scraping shoes on the dirt, it is necessary to avoid harming the mosque, because it is now covered with nice carpets, and if he walks in them...
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The questioner : Also, Your Eminence, regarding scraping shoes on the dirt, it is necessary to avoid harming the mosque, because it is now covered with nice carpets, and if he walks in them while they are scraped with dirt, will the feet or the marks of the shoes become visible on these carpets?
The Shaykh : And if dirt is found on the shoes that affects the cleanliness of the mosque, then it is necessary to remove it.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : As for if no trace remains, there is no blame on him.
The questioner : I believe that some of the brothers hear [the call to prayer], then they scrape them, for example, on the ground and enter... it is covered with nice carpets and...
The Shaykh : It is necessary for him to scrape them in a way that removes the trace of impurity and the harm that may occur from entering the mosque with them.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : And if dirt is found on the shoes that affects the cleanliness of the mosque, then it is necessary to remove it.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : As for if no trace remains, there is no blame on him.
The questioner : I believe that some of the brothers hear [the call to prayer], then they scrape them, for example, on the ground and enter... it is covered with nice carpets and...
The Shaykh : It is necessary for him to scrape them in a way that removes the trace of impurity and the harm that may occur from entering the mosque with them.
The questioner : Yes.