What is the ruling on placing the end of the shemagh on the ground during prayer and prostrating on it to protect against dust and unpleasant odors?
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The questioner : He says: What is the ruling on placing the end of the shemagh.
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : What is the ruling on placing the end of the shemagh on the ground during prayer?
The Shaykh : What is the ruling on what?
The questioner : Placing the end of the shemagh on the ground during prayer and prostrating on it to protect against dust and unpleasant odors?
The Shaykh : If there is a need to prostrate on the ghutrah, the shemagh, or the abaya, meaning the mashlah, there is nothing wrong with it. Anas ibn Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) said:Sahih Muslim 620. So if the ground, for example, is hot, or has thorns, or has pebbles such that a person cannot place his forehead on it, there is no blame on him if he places the end of the ghutrah, the shemagh, or the mashlah and prostrates on it. However, without a need, it is disliked. As for prostrating on something separate, there is nothing wrong with that. For example, if a person has a handkerchief and wants to prostrate on the ground, he places the handkerchief, and there is nothing wrong with that. Yes.
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : What is the ruling on placing the end of the shemagh on the ground during prayer?
The Shaykh : What is the ruling on what?
The questioner : Placing the end of the shemagh on the ground during prayer and prostrating on it to protect against dust and unpleasant odors?
The Shaykh : If there is a need to prostrate on the ghutrah, the shemagh, or the abaya, meaning the mashlah, there is nothing wrong with it. Anas ibn Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) said: