Continuation of the review and discussion under the hadith (It is not impure, it is only one of the two that circle around you) and (An Arab came and urinated in a part of the mosque)
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The Shaykh : Can it be derived from the hadith of Anas that removing impurity from mosques is a collective obligation?
The student : Yes, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : What is the basis for this?
The student: That the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered that a bucket of water be poured over it, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) did not participate.
The Shaykh : And the command implies?
The student: And the command implies obligation.
The Shaykh : It implies obligation. Good. Some scholars used it as evidence that only water suffices for removing impurity, and that the earth does not become pure by the sun or the wind. What is the basis for this evidence?
The student: That the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered that a bucket of water be poured over it.
The Shaykh : Good, well done. And he did not mention anything else. Good. Some scholars objected to this and said that the earth becomes pure by the sun and the wind. So how do we respond to this hadith, O Muhammad Hamid?
The student: We respond to this hadith by saying that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) ... removed the impurity from the mosque because people may come to pray and the impurity may be present ...
The Shaykh : Meaning, if it had been removed by the sun and the air, its removal would have been delayed.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : So the benefit of specifying water is to hasten the removal of impurity from the mosque. Can it be derived from this hadith that the purity of the place of prayer is obligatory? Meaning, a person is not allowed to pray in a place that is impure? I do not know if I mentioned it or not?
The student: No.
The Shaykh : You did not mention it. So I am the one who answers. It can be derived from this that it is obligatory for the place upon which one prays to be pure. But what is obligatory? Is it obligatory that the entire place be pure, as if one is praying on a carpet whose edge is impure? Is it obligatory that the entire place upon which one prays be pure, or is the intention what one touches in his prayer? The second one, the second one. Even if it is assumed that a person has a carpet with impurity on its edge and he prays on the pure part of it, there is no harm. Likewise, if the place next to what? is impure and he prays on the pure part of it, then there is no harm in that. The scholars even said that if one prays and there is impurity in front of him, but he does not touch it, meaning that when he prostrates, the impurity is on the front of his chest, then his prayer is valid. But there is no doubt that it is not befitting for a person to pray with impurity in front of him, because this involves bad manners. For this reason, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade the one who is praying to spit in front of him. He even saw spittle in the qiblah of the mosque, so the imam was removed because he had spat in the qiblah of the mosque, and this contradicts good manners with Allah (Mighty and Majestic). We now move on to another hadith.
The student : Yes, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : What is the basis for this?
The student: That the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered that a bucket of water be poured over it, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) did not participate.
The Shaykh : And the command implies?
The student: And the command implies obligation.
The Shaykh : It implies obligation. Good. Some scholars used it as evidence that only water suffices for removing impurity, and that the earth does not become pure by the sun or the wind. What is the basis for this evidence?
The student: That the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered that a bucket of water be poured over it.
The Shaykh : Good, well done. And he did not mention anything else. Good. Some scholars objected to this and said that the earth becomes pure by the sun and the wind. So how do we respond to this hadith, O Muhammad Hamid?
The student: We respond to this hadith by saying that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) ... removed the impurity from the mosque because people may come to pray and the impurity may be present ...
The Shaykh : Meaning, if it had been removed by the sun and the air, its removal would have been delayed.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : So the benefit of specifying water is to hasten the removal of impurity from the mosque. Can it be derived from this hadith that the purity of the place of prayer is obligatory? Meaning, a person is not allowed to pray in a place that is impure? I do not know if I mentioned it or not?
The student: No.
The Shaykh : You did not mention it. So I am the one who answers. It can be derived from this that it is obligatory for the place upon which one prays to be pure. But what is obligatory? Is it obligatory that the entire place be pure, as if one is praying on a carpet whose edge is impure? Is it obligatory that the entire place upon which one prays be pure, or is the intention what one touches in his prayer? The second one, the second one. Even if it is assumed that a person has a carpet with impurity on its edge and he prays on the pure part of it, there is no harm. Likewise, if the place next to what? is impure and he prays on the pure part of it, then there is no harm in that. The scholars even said that if one prays and there is impurity in front of him, but he does not touch it, meaning that when he prostrates, the impurity is on the front of his chest, then his prayer is valid. But there is no doubt that it is not befitting for a person to pray with impurity in front of him, because this involves bad manners. For this reason, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade the one who is praying to spit in front of him. He even saw spittle in the qiblah of the mosque, so the imam was removed because he had spat in the qiblah of the mosque, and this contradicts good manners with Allah (Mighty and Majestic). We now move on to another hadith.