Continuation of the question indexed as number 17: What is the ruling on praying in the direction of a person who is facing the one praying?
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The questioner : Shaykh, I asked you while you were praying, and the person in front of you was your sutrah, so he turned his back.
The Shaykh : I said just now that there is a hadith that says.
The questioner: Go ahead.
The Shaykh : This has no basis, but in the sense of not distracting the mind of the one praying toward the one he is facing, it is merely disliked, because he prohibited praying toward a sleeping person, because it distracts his mind. This is the place from which the mentioned dislike is derived, because it distracts the one praying toward the face, and not because there is a hadith prohibiting praying toward the face.
The questioner : You mean this is a derivation?
The Shaykh : A derivation.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good, because I distracted you.
The Shaykh : I said just now that there is a hadith that says.
The questioner: Go ahead.
The Shaykh :
What success is there for a face toward which prayer is directed
ما أفلح وجهٌ صُلِّيَ إليهThe questioner : You mean this is a derivation?
The Shaykh : A derivation.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good, because I distracted you.
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