If a person’s drink has a foul smell, is it permissible to leave the congregation?
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The questioner : Some people complain about the smell of the drink; some students’ drink has an offensive smell?
The Shaykh : All of this is making excuses and finding pretexts, which is not correct. Even if a person is wearing a drink, or if he does not remove it, or if his drink is not clean when he enters with his foot, it does not reach the point where people would be repelled by him, because the foot generally does not have an offensive sweat. But these people make excuses with everything. It is said: If you have a student, as you said, whose smell is not pleasant and it offends you, go to the other side.
The questioner : Some of them asked me, so I issued a fatwa that it is permissible for them to pray individually?
The Shaykh : We do not issue a fatwa that it is permissible to have multiple congregations in one place.
The questioner : Okay, can I get a written fatwa?
The Shaykh : You have this one; take it from the tape, take it from the tape.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : We explained this a little while ago; we said if it is not possible, then all the people in the building pray together.
The questioner : Okay, what if the mosque is not sufficient for them?
The Shaykh : If the mosque is not sufficient for them, they pray in their shops, but it does not mean that we say: every five or six people pray alone. We say all the people in the building gather together.
The questioner : And the warehouses?
The Shaykh : I say the warehouses and offices, as long as they are in the same building, it is easy for them to come and pray together. This is a necessity. If the place cannot accommodate them, they must disperse.
The Shaykh : All of this is making excuses and finding pretexts, which is not correct. Even if a person is wearing a drink, or if he does not remove it, or if his drink is not clean when he enters with his foot, it does not reach the point where people would be repelled by him, because the foot generally does not have an offensive sweat. But these people make excuses with everything. It is said: If you have a student, as you said, whose smell is not pleasant and it offends you, go to the other side.
The questioner : Some of them asked me, so I issued a fatwa that it is permissible for them to pray individually?
The Shaykh : We do not issue a fatwa that it is permissible to have multiple congregations in one place.
The questioner : Okay, can I get a written fatwa?
The Shaykh : You have this one; take it from the tape, take it from the tape.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : We explained this a little while ago; we said if it is not possible, then all the people in the building pray together.
The questioner : Okay, what if the mosque is not sufficient for them?
The Shaykh : If the mosque is not sufficient for them, they pray in their shops, but it does not mean that we say: every five or six people pray alone. We say all the people in the building gather together.
The questioner : And the warehouses?
The Shaykh : I say the warehouses and offices, as long as they are in the same building, it is easy for them to come and pray together. This is a necessity. If the place cannot accommodate them, they must disperse.