The Ruling on the Mosque and Congregation for One Who Has a Foul Smell

Question:
... permits leaving the congregation (eating garlic)?

Answer:
If he eats it in order to leave the congregation, it is forbidden for him; but if he eats it out of need or for medical reasons, there is no blame on him.
Q: What if it becomes a habit, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh: He should not eat it, and it prevents him from prayer and harms people with it; because this may be a boldness in neglecting the congregation.
Q: Even if it is in the open desert.
The Shaykh: He does not pray with them; he prays alone.
Q: Even if they all agree.
The Shaykh: They all pray together; because they all have the ailment.
Q: But -may Allah reward you- he says: , but if they are in the open desert in a tent and they have no mosque?
The Shaykh: But he harms his companions.
Q: Is it not reported that the angels are harmed?
The Shaykh: He does not approach the mosque even if no one is in it; because the angels are harmed by what harms a human being.
Q: Does it include cigarettes -may Allah reward you-?
The Shaykh: Everything that has a foul smell.
Q: The hadith mentions onion and garlic, and in the chapter heading there is a chapter on what came regarding onion, garlic, and leek...?
The Shaykh: Like them; the meaning is the same.
Q: Is it better to wait until the smell goes away; so as not to harm the angels, or to pray immediately?
The Shaykh: He prays in his house.
Q: In his house, does he wait until the smell goes away?
The Shaykh: No, the smell lingers; he prays in his house, and praise be to Allah.
Q: But the one who distinguishes says: If the smell is widespread in the entire mosque, then this is the one who is prevented; but if the smell is attached to him alone..?
The Shaykh: No, the smell harms him and harms those around him; why should he go to the mosque... it harms his neighbors on his right and on his left.
Q: Is the intent of what is prevented from prayer the current prayer?
The Shaykh: The current prayer and other than the current prayer, as long as the smell of leek and garlic persists.
Q: If the smell lasts for five obligatory prayers or six obligatory prayers?
The Shaykh: He does not approach the place of prayer even for five or six.
Q: And does it include -may Allah reward you- one who has bad breath or an armpit smell?
The Shaykh: He treats it, he medicates it; if he has an illness, he treats it.
Q: Is the prohibition for prohibition -may Allah forgive you-?
The Shaykh: This is the apparent meaning of the hadith; prohibition.