A person who ate garlic or onion and did not pray in the mosque, but prayed in congregation in the open, what is the ruling?
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The questioner : Your Eminence, if a person eats garlic or onion and then goes to pray, but he does not pray in the mosque; he prays with his brothers in the open or in the farm.
The Shaykh : What did he pray?
The questioner : He prayed with his companions.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : If they are out in the open or in the farm, is this considered part of the prohibition?
The Shaykh : The correct view is that it is not disliked for a person to pray in congregation after eating onion or garlic, unless he harms the worshippers. If he harms the worshippers, he should not enter with them. As for the mosques, it is not permissible for him to attend the mosque after eating onion or garlic while their smell remains on him. If the smell disappears, there is no harm, because the ruling revolves with its cause, in its presence and absence.
If the smell disappears, no one is harmed by it, neither the angels in the mosque nor the worshippers.
The questioner : What if they all had eaten onion?The Shaykh : There is no harm; they pray in congregation and there is no blame. The time has ended, yes.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : ... Now we are concluding the session, the time has ended, yes, but Musa says the time has ended... It doesn't work, please, go ahead.
The Shaykh : What did he pray?
The questioner : He prayed with his companions.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : If they are out in the open or in the farm, is this considered part of the prohibition?
The Shaykh : The correct view is that it is not disliked for a person to pray in congregation after eating onion or garlic, unless he harms the worshippers. If he harms the worshippers, he should not enter with them. As for the mosques, it is not permissible for him to attend the mosque after eating onion or garlic while their smell remains on him. If the smell disappears, there is no harm, because the ruling revolves with its cause, in its presence and absence.
If the smell disappears, no one is harmed by it, neither the angels in the mosque nor the worshippers.
The questioner : What if they all had eaten onion?The Shaykh : There is no harm; they pray in congregation and there is no blame. The time has ended, yes.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : ... Now we are concluding the session, the time has ended, yes, but Musa says the time has ended... It doesn't work, please, go ahead.