If the minbar exceeds three steps, is it obligatory to remove it?
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The questioner : If the minbar exceeds three steps, is it obligatory to remove it?
The Shaykh : It may be said that it depends on the need. Perhaps the people are numerous and the mosque is spacious, requiring a large, meaning high, minbar. I witnessed a minbar in the Sacred Mosque that had perhaps fifteen to twenty steps in height before the loudspeakers were introduced. The preacher would deliver the sermon from it, throwing out his words, meaning it would not be smooth: "Praise be to Allah" in a loud voice, the one who, because the mosque is vast, and you know the Sacred Mosque is not roofed, so the sound scatters there. But, praise be to Allah, after Allah brought these loudspeakers, the people were at ease.
The Shaykh : It may be said that it depends on the need. Perhaps the people are numerous and the mosque is spacious, requiring a large, meaning high, minbar. I witnessed a minbar in the Sacred Mosque that had perhaps fifteen to twenty steps in height before the loudspeakers were introduced. The preacher would deliver the sermon from it, throwing out his words, meaning it would not be smooth: "Praise be to Allah" in a loud voice, the one who, because the mosque is vast, and you know the Sacred Mosque is not roofed, so the sound scatters there. But, praise be to Allah, after Allah brought these loudspeakers, the people were at ease.