What is the ruling on praying in a garment or a mosque that contains crosses?
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The Shaykh : Here, I am pleased with a hadith that was actually old; I had considered it weak because it is found in Sunan al-Tirmidhi with a chain that does not establish a proof. Then Allah (Mighty and Majestic) showed me another chain for it in some manuscripts in the Zahiriyyah Library, so the hadith became established for me. It is one of the hadiths that brings relief to Muslims who hold fast to their religion, to whom His saying (peace and blessings be upon him) applies: . That is the hadith in al-Tirmidhi, and it is strengthened by others. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2267Hasan (Darussalam). Why? Because he is unable to do so. Take an example from our reality today: Where is the jihad in the path of Allah? The Muslim youth are burning with desire for jihad in the path of Allah, but all the surrounding circumstances prevent them from doing so. So, this is not something they can do. Therefore: [Al-Baqarah 2:286]. This is an introduction to the topic of praying in a mosque that contains crosses. Praying in a mosque that contains decorations—we deny all these matters, but what can we do? Do we pray in our homes? Because there is no mosque, except very rarely, that does not contain a violation of the Shari'ah. Here, I recall a report narrated by Abu Dawud in his Sunan, which is part of my book Sahih Sunan Abu Dawud: That Ibn 'Umar entered a mosque with a companion of his to pray, and one of them called out, "Prayer, prayer!" He said, "Let us go out; this is a mosque that contains religious innovation." If we were to do what Ibn 'Umar did, we would close the mosques before us and confine ourselves to our homes. Has the time come for us not to pray in any mosque? The answer is no. Why? "What cannot be fully attained should not be mostly abandoned." So, if one of us is able to choose one mosque over another for a reason or another, he chooses it and prays in it. But to take the presence of these evils, crosses, decorations, and innovations that have filled all the mosques, and the ignorant imams who may not even be able to recite al-Fatihah properly, and say, "No, we will not pray except in our homes," and leave the congregation of the Muslims with such weak excuses—we say: No. Islam says: Fear Allah as much as you are able. This is what I wanted to remind you of. We ask Allah to benefit us with what He has taught us and to increase us in knowledge.
The Hour will not come until the one who holds fast to his religion is like the one holding a hot coal.
لا تقوم الساعة حتى يكون القابض على دينه كالقابض على الجمرYou are in a time when whoever abandons a tenth of what he has been ordered, then he is ruined. Then, there will come a time in which whoever does a tenth of what he has been ordered shall be saved.
أنتم في زمان من ترك عُشر ما أُمِرَ به هلك ، وسيأتي زمانٌ مَن تمسَّكَ بعشرِ ما أُمِرَ به نجاAllah does not charge a soul except [with that within] its capacity
لَا يُكَلِّفُ اللَّهُ نَفْسًا إِلَّا وُسْعَهَا
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