Is it better to pray in the new air-conditioned mosque or the old non-air-conditioned one?
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The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Which one allows for more khushu' (humility) for you? An air-conditioned mosque or a non-air-conditioned one? Which one allows for more khushu' for you? I am asking you?
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Whatever does not contradict [the ruling], this man says, "I have more khushu' when I am in the old mosque that has no air conditioning." We say, "Pray in this old mosque." The second man says, "No, I cannot bear the heat, and I cannot have khushu' in my prayer with this heat, and the air conditioning relieves me." What do we say? We say, "Pray in the one with the air conditioning."
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Except, the cooling returns... you ask about the general rule. You now know the ruling regarding cooling. If it is easier for the people, as is the case with us, that they do not cool it, they do not cool it.
Three? Okay.
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Which one allows for more khushu' (humility) for you? An air-conditioned mosque or a non-air-conditioned one? Which one allows for more khushu' for you? I am asking you?
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Whatever does not contradict [the ruling], this man says, "I have more khushu' when I am in the old mosque that has no air conditioning." We say, "Pray in this old mosque." The second man says, "No, I cannot bear the heat, and I cannot have khushu' in my prayer with this heat, and the air conditioning relieves me." What do we say? We say, "Pray in the one with the air conditioning."
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Except, the cooling returns... you ask about the general rule. You now know the ruling regarding cooling. If it is easier for the people, as is the case with us, that they do not cool it, they do not cool it.
Three? Okay.