If the situation is such that one must choose between praying facing a pillar, for example, or taking a Quran stand, placing it, and praying facing it?
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The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : Shaykh, may Allah bless you, if the situation is such that one must choose between praying facing a pillar, for example,
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : or taking a Quran stand, placing it in a location, and praying facing it?
The Shaykh : No, the pillar is better, because the Companions used to make the pillars their sutrah and pray facing them.
The questioner : … O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : As for the Quran stand, in reality, using it for something other than what it was intended for is something that must be looked into. Perhaps a person comes wanting to read, and if he sees a Quran stand in front of the worshippers, he might hesitate to take the Quran from it.
The questioner : Sometimes it is empty, Shaykh, the stand... the first row.
The Shaykh : I mean, does it have... a second merit, meaning it has another merit?
The questioner : It is close, and the pillar is far.
The Shaykh : There is no harm, this gives the stand the preference because it has a merit. But my point is a person who enters the mosque where there are Quran stands and there are pillars; the pillars are better. Is that clear?
The questioner : Shaykh, may Allah bless you, if the situation is such that one must choose between praying facing a pillar, for example,
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : or taking a Quran stand, placing it in a location, and praying facing it?
The Shaykh : No, the pillar is better, because the Companions used to make the pillars their sutrah and pray facing them.
The questioner : … O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : As for the Quran stand, in reality, using it for something other than what it was intended for is something that must be looked into. Perhaps a person comes wanting to read, and if he sees a Quran stand in front of the worshippers, he might hesitate to take the Quran from it.
The questioner : Sometimes it is empty, Shaykh, the stand... the first row.
The Shaykh : I mean, does it have... a second merit, meaning it has another merit?
The questioner : It is close, and the pillar is far.
The Shaykh : There is no harm, this gives the stand the preference because it has a merit. But my point is a person who enters the mosque where there are Quran stands and there are pillars; the pillars are better. Is that clear?