Is it in the previous report that the Companions do not consider the greeting of the mosque obligatory?
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The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : It is not obligatory for one who is not in a state of ritual purity; that is, he is not required to perform ablution in order to pray in the mosque. This is not obligatory. So if I enter and I am not in a state of ritual purity, I sit down, and there is no harm in that.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : No, this is a deficiency in perfection.
The Shaykh : It is not obligatory for one who is not in a state of ritual purity; that is, he is not required to perform ablution in order to pray in the mosque. This is not obligatory. So if I enter and I am not in a state of ritual purity, I sit down, and there is no harm in that.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : No, this is a deficiency in perfection.