What is the ruling on one who prays and kisses the ground during prostration?
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The questioner : Your Eminence, what is the ruling on one who, when he prays, kisses the ground during prostration?
The Shaykh : Kisses the ground? How can he kiss the ground when his nose is between him and the ground?! Is that possible?
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Even if he is in prostration, is it possible for him to kiss the ground while prostrating? I do not think so, unless his nose is cut off, in which case it is possible. But in any case, it might be, for example, that he prostrates on a low spot of the ground, and the part level with his mouth is raised, so he kisses it while prostrating. We say that this is not permissible, because kissing the ground is not an act of worship, especially if it is accompanied by a false belief, such as believing that this soil is better than other soil, and so he kisses it. Yes.
The Shaykh : Kisses the ground? How can he kiss the ground when his nose is between him and the ground?! Is that possible?
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Even if he is in prostration, is it possible for him to kiss the ground while prostrating? I do not think so, unless his nose is cut off, in which case it is possible. But in any case, it might be, for example, that he prostrates on a low spot of the ground, and the part level with his mouth is raised, so he kisses it while prostrating. We say that this is not permissible, because kissing the ground is not an act of worship, especially if it is accompanied by a false belief, such as believing that this soil is better than other soil, and so he kisses it. Yes.