The Book of Mosques and Places of Prayer-03b
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The reciter: Muhammad ibn al-Muthanna and Zuhr ibn Harb narrated to us, both saying: Yahya, who is al-Qattan, narrated to us from 'Ubayd Allah, who said: Nafi' informed me from Ibn 'Umar that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said during the expedition of Khaybar: Sahih Muslim 561a.
Zuhr said: "During the expedition," and he did not mention Khaybar.
The Shaykh : This also contains a prohibition, prohibiting a person from coming to the mosques after eating garlic, due to the dislike of its smell. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) explained the reason for this by stating that the angels are harmed by what harms the children of Adam. The same applies to onions, and to any bad smell, and to body odor: which is the bad smell that emanates from the armpit, or sometimes from the nose. Anyone with a bad smell is not permitted to approach the mosque, because that harms the angels and harms the worshippers. How many people have interrupted their prayer because someone with a bad smell was praying next to them.
But it is said: If a person eats this constantly, does that mean he should never pray in congregation? The answer, O servant of Allah?
The student: He prays, even if he is eating.
The Shaykh : But he harms the people and harms the angels.
He did not eat with the intention of staying behind.
The student: He must use something to remove it.
The Shaykh : He does not have anything to remove it.
In any case, we say: Yes, even if he stays behind for a lifetime, because staying behind here is not a dispensation, but rather withholding harm. And harm, when it is present in the mosque, will occur. Yes, if he ate in order to stay away from the mosque, it would be forbidden. For this reason, we say: The traveler who travels in Ramadan, does he break his fast or not? He breaks his fast, even though traveling is permissible and breaking the fast is forbidden, except if he intends to break his fast by traveling, in which case breaking the fast is forbidden for him and traveling is forbidden, and therefore he does not shorten the prayer in it and does not take the dispensation of travel.
Now, with the advancement of medicine, is there anything that removes its smell? What is there?
The student: Medicines.
The Shaykh : Well, the smell is gone from the mouth, but if he burps, it cannot be removed. But in any case, it can be said: If the smell from the mouth is gone, if he feels the urge to burp, he can cover his mouth, and if he covers his mouth, the smell becomes faint.
He who ate of this plant, i. e. garlic, should not come to the mosques.
من أكل من هذه الشجرة يعني الثوم فلا يأتين المساجدZuhr said: "During the expedition," and he did not mention Khaybar.
The Shaykh : This also contains a prohibition, prohibiting a person from coming to the mosques after eating garlic, due to the dislike of its smell. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) explained the reason for this by stating that the angels are harmed by what harms the children of Adam. The same applies to onions, and to any bad smell, and to body odor: which is the bad smell that emanates from the armpit, or sometimes from the nose. Anyone with a bad smell is not permitted to approach the mosque, because that harms the angels and harms the worshippers. How many people have interrupted their prayer because someone with a bad smell was praying next to them.
But it is said: If a person eats this constantly, does that mean he should never pray in congregation? The answer, O servant of Allah?
The student: He prays, even if he is eating.
The Shaykh : But he harms the people and harms the angels.
He did not eat with the intention of staying behind.
The student: He must use something to remove it.
The Shaykh : He does not have anything to remove it.
In any case, we say: Yes, even if he stays behind for a lifetime, because staying behind here is not a dispensation, but rather withholding harm. And harm, when it is present in the mosque, will occur. Yes, if he ate in order to stay away from the mosque, it would be forbidden. For this reason, we say: The traveler who travels in Ramadan, does he break his fast or not? He breaks his fast, even though traveling is permissible and breaking the fast is forbidden, except if he intends to break his fast by traveling, in which case breaking the fast is forbidden for him and traveling is forbidden, and therefore he does not shorten the prayer in it and does not take the dispensation of travel.
Now, with the advancement of medicine, is there anything that removes its smell? What is there?
The student: Medicines.
The Shaykh : Well, the smell is gone from the mouth, but if he burps, it cannot be removed. But in any case, it can be said: If the smell from the mouth is gone, if he feels the urge to burp, he can cover his mouth, and if he covers his mouth, the smell becomes faint.