The ruling on congregational prayer for those whose clothes have oils that harm the worshippers

Question:
He says: I work in a workshop, and I hear the adhan while I am in the workshop. On some days I used to pray in the mosque, but the khatib gave the khutbah on a Friday and said: It is not valid for a worker to come from his work to pray in the mosque, because he harms the worshippers with his oily clothes. My brother, a colleague of mine in the workshop, and I pray in congregation at work. Is our prayer valid at work, which is close to the mosque?

Answer:
What the khatib said is an error and ignorance. Rather, it is obligatory for workers to attend the prayer and to take care of praying in congregation. They should not be deceived by the sermons of the ignorant. Rather, it is obligatory for workers to pray with the people and attend with the people, even if there is oil or something else on their clothes. However, they must strive to be clean and not have bad smells, such as smoke... They should strive to perform wudu and clean themselves from what harms their fellow worshippers. It is not permissible for them to be lax in this matter. When the prayer time arrives, one must leave work and hasten to the prayer, and take the measures that help him attend it in congregation and not harm them, whether with smoke or any other harm. Yes.

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