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LAWS OF A MOSQUE → ← PLACES WHERE PERFORMING PRAYERS IS RECOMMENDED (MUSTAḤABB)

PLACES WHERE PERFORMING PRAYERS IS DISAPPROVED (MAKRŪH)

Ruling 884. Performing prayers is disapproved in a number of places, including:

1.
a public bath;

2.
on saliferous land;

3.
facing a person;

4.
facing an open door;

5.
on a street, road, and in an alley, in the event that it does not cause trouble for passers-by; if it does cause them trouble, it is unlawful;

6.
facing a fire or lamp;

7.
in a kitchen and in every place where there is a furnace;

8.
facing a pit or ditch where people urinate;

9.
facing a picture or statue of a living thing, unless it is covered;

10.
in a room where a junub[1] is present;

11.
in a place where there is a picture [of a living thing], even if it is not facing the person performing prayers;

12.
facing a grave;

13.
on a grave;

14.
in between two graves;

15.
in a graveyard.

Ruling 885. If a person performs prayers in a place where people pass by, or if someone is in front of him, it is recommended that he place something in front of him; and it is sufficient if that thing is some wood or rope.

[1] Junub is the term used to refer to a person who is in the state of ritual impurity (janābah). Janābah is explained in Ruling 344.
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