What is the ruling on praying in the roads and markets?
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The questioner : Praying in the markets, O Shaykh. The ground of the markets, but it is clean. Is it permissible to pray in them?
The Shaykh : It is permissible, provided that one is not exposed to anything that cuts off the prayer or spoils it, and that his gaze falls upon the 'awrah (part of the body that must be covered), specifically the 'awrah of the women there who have no modesty. It is permissible.
The questioner : Yes, Shaykh.
The Shaykh : But you, with your permission...
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Perhaps I misunderstood. Did you ask about praying in the markets or in the roads?
The questioner : In the roads and the markets.
The Shaykh : No, no. May Allah guide you. Answer my question.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Was your question about praying in the markets or in the roads?
The questioner : The roads.
The Shaykh : I understood that the question was about the markets.
The questioner : Perhaps that is what I know, because here the markets are closed, a large building with shops.
The Shaykh : In any case, if it is praying in the road...
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : There is a hadith that is not authentic regarding the prohibition of praying in the road. But I wanted to be cautious that praying in the road is more distracting than praying in the market. That is because if one prays in a secure place, that is what it is called, praying in the market, and the prayer is prescribed in the market mosque, which is better.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : And therefore, I see no objection to praying in that place you mentioned earlier in the markets.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : And also in the road, provided that the one praying is not exposed to anything that spoils his prayer, or at least anything that disturbs the tranquility of his prayer.
The Shaykh : It is permissible, provided that one is not exposed to anything that cuts off the prayer or spoils it, and that his gaze falls upon the 'awrah (part of the body that must be covered), specifically the 'awrah of the women there who have no modesty. It is permissible.
The questioner : Yes, Shaykh.
The Shaykh : But you, with your permission...
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Perhaps I misunderstood. Did you ask about praying in the markets or in the roads?
The questioner : In the roads and the markets.
The Shaykh : No, no. May Allah guide you. Answer my question.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Was your question about praying in the markets or in the roads?
The questioner : The roads.
The Shaykh : I understood that the question was about the markets.
The questioner : Perhaps that is what I know, because here the markets are closed, a large building with shops.
The Shaykh : In any case, if it is praying in the road...
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : There is a hadith that is not authentic regarding the prohibition of praying in the road. But I wanted to be cautious that praying in the road is more distracting than praying in the market. That is because if one prays in a secure place, that is what it is called, praying in the market, and the prayer is prescribed in the market mosque, which is better.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : And therefore, I see no objection to praying in that place you mentioned earlier in the markets.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : And also in the road, provided that the one praying is not exposed to anything that spoils his prayer, or at least anything that disturbs the tranquility of his prayer.
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