What is the ruling on a man who has a woman in front of him, the crowd is very dense, and he is unable to prostrate?
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The questioner : O Shaykh, may Allah reward you, in the Haram, sometimes there is a very dense crowd.
The Shaykh : What kind of crowd?
The questioner : A very dense crowd, so there is a woman in front of the man.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : He is unable to prostrate, so what should he do?
The Shaykh : If there is a woman in front of him and he fears for himself that his heart will become distracted, let him move away and seek another place.
The questioner : If it is Jumu'ah.
The Shaykh : Even if it is Jumu'ah, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Bulugh al-Maram 2:119 So how much more so if he is in the presence of this woman whom he is tempted by? This is even more so.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Even if he misses Jumu'ah, even if he misses it.
The questioner : He makes it up as Zuhr.
The Shaykh : He makes it up as Zuhr.
And for this reason, if a person is afflicted, for example, with the need to relieve himself, and this need compels him, he should relieve himself and then go to Jumu'ah. If he catches it, that is what is required. If he does not catch it, he owes nothing.
The questioner : The reward, if Allah wills, remains.
The Shaykh : The reward always remains, because whoever leaves the act for an excuse, especially after having started it, his reward is written for him in full.
The Shaykh : What kind of crowd?
The questioner : A very dense crowd, so there is a woman in front of the man.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : He is unable to prostrate, so what should he do?
The Shaykh : If there is a woman in front of him and he fears for himself that his heart will become distracted, let him move away and seek another place.
The questioner : If it is Jumu'ah.
The Shaykh : Even if it is Jumu'ah, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
No Salat (prayer) can be (rightly offered) with food brought (before the worshiper) or when he is resisting the urge to relive himself of the two filths (i.e. urine and feces).
لا صلاة بحضرة طعام ولا هو يدافع الأخبثانThe questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Even if he misses Jumu'ah, even if he misses it.
The questioner : He makes it up as Zuhr.
The Shaykh : He makes it up as Zuhr.
And for this reason, if a person is afflicted, for example, with the need to relieve himself, and this need compels him, he should relieve himself and then go to Jumu'ah. If he catches it, that is what is required. If he does not catch it, he owes nothing.
The questioner : The reward, if Allah wills, remains.
The Shaykh : The reward always remains, because whoever leaves the act for an excuse, especially after having started it, his reward is written for him in full.