What is the ruling on bringing a prayer mat to pray on in the mosque?
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The questioner : Shaykh, regarding the hadith of Aisha Sahih Muslim 298b They asked Ibn Taymiyyah about the prayer mat, meaning the one he... prays on in the mosque, and he said: This is a religious innovation. Malik was asked, and he said: This is a religious innovation. And a man named Abd al-Rahman was brought out, and they wanted to imprison him, but he was not from the people of Madinah. The *khamrah* is, meaning, Shaykh, the place for the head during prostration. So what is the evidence of Imam Malik and Ibn Taymiyyah that it is a religious innovation?
The Shaykh : May Allah guide you. You gave a lecture for the sake of the question. Shorten your question. May Allah guide you.
The questioner : I mean the *khamrah*.
The Shaykh : Do not repeat your question. Shorten your question. What is it?
The questioner : Is the prayer mat...
The Shaykh : The prayer mat, yes.
The questioner : Is it a religious innovation for a person to bring a prayer mat to the mosque?
The Shaykh : Bringing a prayer mat to a mosque that has carpets is a religious innovation.
The questioner : No, no, it has a prayer mat.
The Shaykh : Do not say "no." May Allah guide you.
The questioner : No, no, I am saying...
The Shaykh : Do not say "no." Bringing a prayer mat to a mosque that has carpets is a religious innovation.
The questioner : I mean...
The Shaykh : You do not mean it that way, but you did it. So correct it. What do you mean?
The questioner : The prayer mat that the worshipper brings, which is in his hand.
The Shaykh : May Allah guide you, May Allah guide you. Why does he bring it? Is it not to pray on it?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Are the carpets in the mosque not sufficient for him? This is, as Malik said, a religious innovation. The *khamrah* mentioned in the hadith is the one placed to ward off the harm of cold or heat or the like, and not for the sake of showing off, boasting, luxury, or the like.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
Do get me that, for menstruation is not in your hand.
ناوليني الخمرة الحيضة ليست في يدكThe Shaykh : May Allah guide you. You gave a lecture for the sake of the question. Shorten your question. May Allah guide you.
The questioner : I mean the *khamrah*
Hand me the *khamrah*.
ناوليني الخمرةThe Shaykh : Do not repeat your question. Shorten your question. What is it?
The questioner : Is the prayer mat...
The Shaykh : The prayer mat, yes.
The questioner : Is it a religious innovation for a person to bring a prayer mat to the mosque?
The Shaykh : Bringing a prayer mat to a mosque that has carpets is a religious innovation.
The questioner : No, no, it has a prayer mat.
The Shaykh : Do not say "no." May Allah guide you.
The questioner : No, no, I am saying...
The Shaykh : Do not say "no." Bringing a prayer mat to a mosque that has carpets is a religious innovation.
The questioner : I mean...
The Shaykh : You do not mean it that way, but you did it. So correct it. What do you mean?
The questioner : The prayer mat that the worshipper brings, which is in his hand.
The Shaykh : May Allah guide you, May Allah guide you. Why does he bring it? Is it not to pray on it?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Are the carpets in the mosque not sufficient for him? This is, as Malik said, a religious innovation. The *khamrah* mentioned in the hadith is the one placed to ward off the harm of cold or heat or the like, and not for the sake of showing off, boasting, luxury, or the like.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
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