 ووصل إرحاء م area ل knows that some Mashallah we have pictures in our rooms sometimes and we have pictures of Maraja and olamah pictures of our Family members and sometimes of animals and plants are we actually allowed to pray in rooms like these صلى الله عليه وبركاته اسميع العليم من الشيطان الرجيم الحمد لله رب العالمين وصل الله على محمد الواله الطيبين الطاهرين وضرقات في المكانين where there are pictures of human beings or even animals and as mentioned in the books of the فقه ذوروح the beings in which they have a soul or spirit in other words so they are living creatures in other words any pictures of them while you're praying and the pictures are exposed and can be seen then they are مكروح and disliked it's not haram you can't pray in a room filled with pictures but it's مكروح and of course if you can cover them with a curtain with something that you can't see it when you pray then that will raise the issue of كراه and the dislikeness of praying while there's a picture of someone on the wall for example and I've seen in one of the Islamic centers in London where they have the picture of their own مرجع العالم so what they do they have a small curtain on the picture whenever they want to pray they close that curtain so nobody can see the picture exactly and then they just open again and then as usual so it's just the time of the صلاح when someone wants to pray in that place make sure that if you want to get the reward more reward then try to avoid praying in places with pictures and photos of ألماء or you loved ones or even animals but if you cover them or you choose a place where there are no pictures then that's a better option so just to clarify شخم does it matter if the picture is directly in front of where you're worshiping or if it's on the side does it actually matter well the picture is in the room so that's the whole issue being in the room so either on the left side or back side on the phone side then it's better to cover it or remove it and then put it back again when you finish the صلاح but what about other things and other ornaments that we like to hang up in our rooms for example it's very cultural to have traditional musical instruments of just hanging on the wall and things like that are we allowed to pray in a room like that well there's no issue with praying in such a place where there's let's say a musical instrument let's say a guitar for example or a piano being in that room for that person however it's better not to pray in such places by the way I have a hadith from وسائل الشيعة and the Kitab of Al-Kafi Al-Sharif two main sources of the hadith قال أبو عبد الله الصادق عليه السلام Imam الصادق states with this regard he says لا تؤمنوا فيه الفجع the house in which the songs are played music is played in other words the songs the song the house in which people play songs three things might happen to that house the Imam السلام عليك mentions those three things one لا تؤمنوا فيه الفجع there's no guarantee that this house won't face calamity or disaster so God knows maybe one day the ceiling or the roof collapses on them all the house catches fire for example and everyone dies so the house in which they play songs that's one of the possible consequences the second one the Imam says the dua won't be answered in that house that plays songs of course so the dua you pray there you ask Allah for something the dua won't be answered because that house is the house in which they play songs and music and the third one the angel won't enter that house and the importance of angels being in our house is very important that brings the barakah the mercy the forgiveness the bounties to this house so we need them to be with us especially when we read حديث الكساء for example this blessed hadith and dua that we read mentioning the five members the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم of his household and how they gathered under the kesa under the blanket and how الله سمع تعالى the angels would gather in the house in which this hadith is read so the house in which the songs are played they will not actually gain from these blessings so we try insha'Allah to avoid playing songs in our house houses and homes in overall and we try to play instead the دعاد the Qur'an the lectures from the ulama the words or such like because that will bring more blessings so we try to reject and remove any cause of distress any cause of بلا in which might you know ascend on us by obeying الله سبحانه وتعالى that's the whole issue that we obey الله سمع تعالى so just to clarify شيخنا just in case you are in a position where there is a guitar on the wall or a piano in the room you are allowed to pray your Salah there it's not going to be bothered even the pictures as I've mentioned even the pictures of even the world yes or just a normal human being or even animals that's fine but it's the Karaha which is Makru with regard to the pictures and it's better not to pray in a place where there are these instruments masha'Allah شيخنا what about when we have a masjid close by we have a mosque close by masha'Allah we are in an area where there's loads of حسينية and there's loads of other Islamic centers can we go pray there or does one take precedence over the other while praying in the Islamic centers and the حسينية in which we attend every week and every occasion it's good to have prayer also there it's good to you know these are at the end of the day the houses of worship at the end of the day we worship Allah SWT in the حسينية in the Islamic center for example we read دعاكو ميل every week we read دعاكو جوشن in the month of Ramadan in ليالي قدر for example we worship Allah in those places but how about if there is a nearby masjid and the masjid belongs to the followers of أهلبيت عليهم السلام in which the Adhan of the Shi'a is called there then it's better to pray in the masjid because the masjid is built for the Salat the daily prayers and of course to pray at Jama'a as well so we try to encourage that at least our daily prayers are prayed there with people attending the masjid every day you know three sessions a day to actually establish the Salat in that masjid and of course if others wants to pray inside the حسينية or the marquez or the Islamic center that's fine they can but we try to promote the masjid because that's better and that's the location and the place of praying the Salat every day thank you Sheikh very nice I like many others that live here in the west we have non-Muslim friends some maybe Christian Hindus of different backgrounds non-Islamic or non-middle eastern backgrounds what about their houses and their residential areas are we actually allowed to pray there pray in my friend's house as long as number one you have the permission and the consent from the owners of the property and secondly there's no nejasa so the place you're going to pray let's say a rug or a carpet or a mat it's not nejas it's not wet moisture and you pray on it let's say they have a dog for example and it doesn't actually causes nejasa to you while you're praying exactly if everything is fine then it's okay you can't pray they're not Muslims you know he's your colleague at work or in the university or college and he wants you to come to his house and sit down have biscuits and tea and chat with each other and the time the prayer is called then you can pray there that's fine no issue with it masha'Allah very good شيخنا a lot of our people have a designated room for prayer or they have an area where they pray all the time every day they pray that room if one is in the state of Junud is he allowed to enter that room? well if that prayer room was not considered as masjid sometimes in the airports you might see this they have a prayer room it says prayer room it's just a chapel for example if it's not a Muslim airport so in this case this chapel or this prayer room is not as a rule of masjid then you can enter it that's fine but if the the governing body whoever is responsible made this prayer room as a masjid and the subject was masjid the title of this place was masjid then the the governing of masjid consists that nobody was allowed to enter in the state of Janaba so they have to refrain from entering this place if it was the subject of masjid otherwise if it's just a prayer room or a chapel that's fine they can go and sit there or sleep there let's say شيخنا the trends and designs of prayer mats have changed masjid a lot over the years I know in my day it was quite simple with a nice flat carpet rug that we used to pray on masjid nowadays we get different materials different 3D designs even ones that light up some of them are made out of rubber some of them are made out of sponge I guess it's for those who have aches in their knees and can't take their hard surfaces do we have permission to pray on such rug mats? praying on the sponge mats has no issue with it that's fine you can pray as long as there is some kind of stability and stationary when you're praying I'm sure you've tried to stand on let's say the mattress at home our own mattresses our mattresses in the bedrooms are very bouncy and not stable at all so in this situation you cannot pray on the mattresses it's too bouncy you need to pray on a place in which it's stable stationary it doesn't go up and down with regard to these mats in which made with thin sponge that should be fine as long as you have the stability when both feet are on that mat sponge mat and when you do the sujud as well you have stability as well that's fine otherwise if you go up and down too much bouncing too much then you can't pray in this situation you have to make sure that you pray in a place where you have the stability while you're standing while doing the raku'a and sujud especially and it doesn't go down too much it doesn't bounce when you put your head on the turba on the ground it doesn't bounce so if you have the condition of stability and stationary then you can't pray on the sponge mats that's fine شخصنا when we go to Hajj or when we go to Umrah are we allowed to pray in places like the non-shi'a and are we allowed to use the same prayer mats and such as a non-shi'a praying with the non-shi'a in other words with the people of Sunnah and praying of course Jama'a with them in Makkan Madina and praying on the mat itself not a turba or a piece of clay or tissue or paper or wood so just praying on a rug or a carpet with them is not allowed so number one we can't pray with them Jama'a the Salah will be a battle number two you cannot pray on the mat itself on the rug itself on the fabric in overall let's say fabric you can't pray the Salah is a battle you have to pray on something that is not eaten or worn like the clothes this is in regards to Sujood itself not actual prayer the Sujood has to be done exactly on something that is non-edible and that you can't wear you can't wear or you can't eat so you can't pray on something that you can eat it you can't pray on let's say mint the leaves and so forth but the clay the turba we can't pray on it the soil the clay is just you can't wear it and you can't eat it wouldn't some argue and say no how can she far you can eat that that's we have a special hadith for it that's an exception طربة الحسين عليه السلام and very little bit it's very small amount we have a hadith for that that's an exception but in overall we don't eat soil or a clay as we eat for example the flour we don't make out of bread for example but in overall we're not allowed to pray behind their جماعة their Imam of جماعة and we cannot pray on the mat or on the rug on the carpet as they pray there are two exceptions number one if you feel there's a danger if you don't pray with them جماعة or if you don't pray on the mat on the rug without turba without clay and that's for the purpose of تقية there's a danger issue so you do تقية and you pray with them as they pray for example and the second exception when the person is جاهل قاصر in other words he never knew about the حكم he thought that if he goes to Makkah he has to pray with them قلص he's جاهل and ignorant and nobody told him and nobody he's a good person he was able to ask was just something he never knew about it in this case the salah is correct صحيح is valid and that individual he doesn't have to redo the salah and make it up later صحيح because he prayed it with this حكم new حكم which is تقية this is the second حكم the first حكم حكم الأولي you know allowed لا يجوز the second حكم حكم الثانوي as they say استقية then yes he can pray in this situation and the salah صحيح he doesn't have to make it up again that's it thank you very much very informative thank you to all our viewers at home for joining us إن شاء الله you benefited greatly please remember us in your dua and insha Allah we'll see you next time on احقام SOS سلام عليكم رحمة الله وبركاته