Section : Graveyards, do not offer salat in. ‘Aishah reports that the Prophet sallallahu alehi wasallam said: “Allah cursed the Jews and Christians [because] they took the graves of their prophets as mosques.” This is related by al-Bukhari, Muslim, Ahmad,…
Section : Churches and synagogues. Abu Musa al-Ash’ari and ‘Umar ibn ‘Abdulaziz prayed in a church. Ash-Sh’abiy, ‘Ata, and Ibn Sireen did not see anything wrong with praying in a church [if one happened to be in a church at…
Section : Dunghills, slaughterhouses, middle of the roads, resting places of the camels near watering holes, bathrooms and on the roof of the “house of Allah”. Ibn ‘Umar relates that the Prophet sallallahu alehi wasallam prohibited salah in seven places:…
Section : Prayer in the Ka’bah. Offering salah in the Ka’bah is valid regardless of whether it is an obligatory prayer or a supererogatory prayer. Ibn ‘Umar reports: “The Messenger of Allah entered the house [the Ka’bah] with ‘Usamah ibn…