The ruling on using prayer rugs in homes for praying on them
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Question:
Using a prayer rug in the home, and not praying except on it?
Answer:
There is no harm in it if it is for the sake of being careful about ritual purity; because the place is not guaranteed to be pure, so this is safer for him. There is no harm.
Q: And what about one whose state is unknown, such as hair?
A: The original state is purity if one is unaware of it. The original state is purity, so there is no harm, unless one knows. Matters are of three types: known purity, known impurity, and something unknown. One prays on the pure and on the unknown, but one does not pray on what is known to be impure.
Q: If the prayer rug has some images on it?
A: The prayer is valid, but it is better for it to be plain, with nothing on it that distracts him, no lines, no patterns, and no images. Otherwise, an image on the ground that is trodden upon is permissible, such as a carpet or the like. But if it is plain and free of defects, it is safer and better.
Q: Images of living beings in the place where one prays and prostrates?
A: It does not harm; because it is treated with contempt. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), in the story of Aisha, she said: "So we made two cushions from it, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used them for comfort." And in the hadith of Abu Hurayrah, Jibril said to him: "And order that a curtain be made into two cushions that are set aside and trodden upon." Meaning the one that has images.
Q: Using prayer rugs in carpeted mosques?
A: I do not know of anything wrong with it, like the rest of the carpets.
Using a prayer rug in the home, and not praying except on it?
Answer:
There is no harm in it if it is for the sake of being careful about ritual purity; because the place is not guaranteed to be pure, so this is safer for him. There is no harm.
Q: And what about one whose state is unknown, such as hair?
A: The original state is purity if one is unaware of it. The original state is purity, so there is no harm, unless one knows. Matters are of three types: known purity, known impurity, and something unknown. One prays on the pure and on the unknown, but one does not pray on what is known to be impure.
Q: If the prayer rug has some images on it?
A: The prayer is valid, but it is better for it to be plain, with nothing on it that distracts him, no lines, no patterns, and no images. Otherwise, an image on the ground that is trodden upon is permissible, such as a carpet or the like. But if it is plain and free of defects, it is safer and better.
Q: Images of living beings in the place where one prays and prostrates?
A: It does not harm; because it is treated with contempt. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), in the story of Aisha, she said: "So we made two cushions from it, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used them for comfort." And in the hadith of Abu Hurayrah, Jibril said to him: "And order that a curtain be made into two cushions that are set aside and trodden upon." Meaning the one that has images.
Q: Using prayer rugs in carpeted mosques?
A: I do not know of anything wrong with it, like the rest of the carpets.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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