In the Sacred Mosque, many people pray the post-prayer voluntary prayers in the passageways. Do these people have a right to the space?
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The questioner : May Allah reward you. In the Sacred Mosque, many pilgrims pray the post-prayer voluntary prayers in the passageways, thereby making it difficult for women passing by. Is there a right to the space for them?
The Shaykh : No. Whoever prays in a specific place that is not his own has no right to it. For this reason, we tell those who pray in the airport that they have no right to the space; people may pass in front of them, and they should not mind, because they have no right to it. Yes, Yahya.
The questioner : May Allah reward you. We explained the prohibition above the House of Allah the Exalted because there is nothing in front of it... And now, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Now it has a wall.
The questioner : And it is permissible to pray.
The Shaykh : Yes, it is permissible to pray.
The questioner : Shaykh, may Allah reward you. Sometimes bathrooms are included within the wall of the mosque. Does not this mean that by including these bathrooms, where one relieves oneself and performs ablution, a person is doing these things inside the mosque?
The Shaykh : No, these are excluded. That is, the one who endowed the mosque excluded this. Therefore, if he wanted to renovate the construction of bathrooms inside the mosque after it was built, it would not be possible.
The questioner : For example, a traveler on the road.
The Shaykh : Repeat it.
The questioner : A traveler... on the road, and the time for prayer comes upon him.
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : A traveler on the road, I mean.
The Shaykh : A traveler on the road.
The Shaykh : No. Whoever prays in a specific place that is not his own has no right to it. For this reason, we tell those who pray in the airport that they have no right to the space; people may pass in front of them, and they should not mind, because they have no right to it. Yes, Yahya.
The questioner : May Allah reward you. We explained the prohibition above the House of Allah the Exalted because there is nothing in front of it... And now, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Now it has a wall.
The questioner : And it is permissible to pray.
The Shaykh : Yes, it is permissible to pray.
The questioner : Shaykh, may Allah reward you. Sometimes bathrooms are included within the wall of the mosque. Does not this mean that by including these bathrooms, where one relieves oneself and performs ablution, a person is doing these things inside the mosque?
The Shaykh : No, these are excluded. That is, the one who endowed the mosque excluded this. Therefore, if he wanted to renovate the construction of bathrooms inside the mosque after it was built, it would not be possible.
The questioner : For example, a traveler on the road.
The Shaykh : Repeat it.
The questioner : A traveler... on the road, and the time for prayer comes upon him.
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : A traveler on the road, I mean.
The Shaykh : A traveler on the road.