Explanation of the Book of Prayer and Its Times-02a

The reader: Abu Ma'mar narrated to us, saying: 'Abd Allah ibn 'Amr narrated to us, saying: 'Abd al-Warith narrated to us, saying: 'Abd al-'Aziz ibn Sahib narrated to us from Anas, saying: .

The Shaykh : Yes

The questioner : ...

The Shaykh : How?

The questioner : Abu Ma'mar narrated to us, said 'Abd Allah ... there is no difference.

The Shaykh : Abu Ma'mar is 'Abd Allah.

The questioner : He said, said 'Abd Allah.

The Shaykh : It appears that his tongue slipped. Or is the copy you have like this?
The reader: No, I do not have it.

The Shaykh : It says: "Chapter: If one prays in a garment with a cross or images, is his prayer invalid?" A cross means it has crosses, and images means it has pictures. But images are of two types: images of living beings, which is what al-Bukhari (may Allah have mercy on him) intended, and images of non-living things, which does not fall under what al-Bukhari intended, because images of non-living things are nothing but embroidery by which the garment is known and decorated. It asks: "Is his prayer invalid?" and it came with a question mark and did not assert it, because the scholars differ on this. Some said: "His prayer is invalid", and some said: "His prayer is not invalid". Those who said "It is invalid" said: "He covered his 'awrah with a forbidden garment, and a forbidden thing has no existence in the Shari'ah, it has no existence in the Shari'ah, so it is like the one who covered his garment, yes, it is like the one who prayed without covering". They also said: "Allah said

O children of Adam, take your adornment at every masjid

يا بني آدم خذوا زينتكم عند كل مسجد

[Al-A'raf 7:31]

, and the forbidden thing is not commanded by Allah, so if he prays in a forbidden garment, he has done an action that is not upon Allah and His Messenger, so it is rejected". This is the well-known position in the madhhab, that if one prays in a forbidden garment, his prayer is invalid. Now, if he prays in two garments, one forbidden and the other permissible? They said: "It is not valid, whether the forbidden one is the upper one or the lower one". They reasoned this by saying that one of them was not specified as the covering; we do not know if the covering is by the upper one or the lower one. Some differentiated and said: "If the prohibition is in the lower garment, his prayer is not valid, and if it is in the upper one, it is valid, because the covering is specified by what? By the lower one, by the proof that if he removed the upper one, his 'awrah would not be exposed". Some scholars said regarding the original issue: "The prayer is valid in a forbidden garment, because the prohibition is not reported regarding praying in a forbidden garment; the prohibition is reported regarding wearing a forbidden garment. If the wording had come as 'Do not pray in a forbidden garment,' then the one who prays in a forbidden garment would have his prayer invalid because he is prohibited from it. But a forbidden garment is prohibited absolutely, whether in prayer or not". I lean toward this, that the one who prays in a forbidden garment is sinful for using the forbidden thing, but his prayer is not invalid. Let us look at the end of the scholars' disagreement now, the opening.