What is the ruling on using newspaper as a tablecloth for eating? And is it permissible to pray on it?
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The questioner : Yes, regarding the newspaper we eat on, is it permissible to eat on newspaper?
The Shaykh : No, it is not permissible to use it like that, because it does not lack the name of Allah, the name of Muhammad ibn 'Abd Allah, and sometimes a verse and sometimes a hadith, and so on.
The questioner : Is it possible to pray on the newspaper?
The Shaykh : How? In prayer, do you not intend to step on it?
The questioner : No, I mean prostrating on it.
The Shaykh : No, it is not permissible to use it like that as a means.
The questioner : Absolutely not.
The Shaykh : Absolutely not.
The Shaykh : No, it is not permissible to use it like that, because it does not lack the name of Allah, the name of Muhammad ibn 'Abd Allah, and sometimes a verse and sometimes a hadith, and so on.
The questioner : Is it possible to pray on the newspaper?
The Shaykh : How? In prayer, do you not intend to step on it?
The questioner : No, I mean prostrating on it.
The Shaykh : No, it is not permissible to use it like that as a means.
The questioner : Absolutely not.
The Shaykh : Absolutely not.
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