The ruling on praying in a place that contains an image or a television
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Question:
What is the ruling on praying in a place that has a hanging image or a television that is on?
Answer:
In case of necessity, the prayer is valid, but leaving it is better. However, if there is no necessity, one should not pray in that place. As for when necessity calls for it, it is like the dispensation 'Umar ibn al-Khattab granted for praying in churches in case of necessity.
If necessity calls for a place in which to pray, there is no harm, if Allah wills. For example, a person whose prayer time arrives in a place with an image and he cannot leave it, or a sick person in a place with an image who has no way out. This means the thing that dire necessity calls for. Otherwise, the better and more preferable course is to leave in order to avoid imitating the Christians and the Jews.
What is the ruling on praying in a place that has a hanging image or a television that is on?
Answer:
In case of necessity, the prayer is valid, but leaving it is better. However, if there is no necessity, one should not pray in that place. As for when necessity calls for it, it is like the dispensation 'Umar ibn al-Khattab granted for praying in churches in case of necessity.
If necessity calls for a place in which to pray, there is no harm, if Allah wills. For example, a person whose prayer time arrives in a place with an image and he cannot leave it, or a sick person in a place with an image who has no way out. This means the thing that dire necessity calls for. Otherwise, the better and more preferable course is to leave in order to avoid imitating the Christians and the Jews.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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