What is the ruling on praying between the pillars when the mosque is full of them?
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The questioner : In the present time, all our mosques are filled with pillars, and the worshippers are forced to break their rows with these pillars. What is your opinion on that?
The Shaykh : This is an irrelevant question.
The questioner : Not clear?
The Shaykh : It is irrelevant. Why? Because the question clearly states that they are forced to do so. What should the answer be? That they remove the pillars?
...How does he want to wash it? I mean, you have to say that he has a normal leg, yes. This is not a leg that must be washed or must be wiped. Therefore, only the sound leg, and may Allah preserve it for him. It is cut off... The answer is clear.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : This is an irrelevant question.
The questioner : Not clear?
The Shaykh : It is irrelevant. Why? Because the question clearly states that they are forced to do so. What should the answer be? That they remove the pillars?
...How does he want to wash it? I mean, you have to say that he has a normal leg, yes. This is not a leg that must be washed or must be wiped. Therefore, only the sound leg, and may Allah preserve it for him. It is cut off... The answer is clear.
The questioner: Yes.
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