Section : Pray toward your sutrah, partition. It is preferred for the one who is praying to place a sutrah (or some sort of partition) in front of him in order to keep others from passing in front of him…
Section : Requirements for a sutrah or partition. Anything which the person sets up in front of him will qualify as a sutrah, even if it is only the end of his bed. Sabrah ibn Mu’abid reports that the Messenger…
Section : The sutrah of the imam is sutrah of the followers. The sutrah of the imam is the sutrah of everyone behind him. ‘Amr ibn Shu’aib relates from his father on the authority of his grandfather who said: “We…
Section : Proximity of the sutrah. Al-Baghawi says: “The people of knowledge prefer that the sutrah be so close that there is only enough space to make the sajdah, and the same applies to the distance between the rows in…
Section : Prohibition of passing in front of a praying person. It is forbidden to pass in front of a person who is praying (i.e., between him and his sutrah). There are many hadith which forbid passing between a person…
Section : Preventing someone from passing in front of a praying person. It is permissible to keep some one from passing in front of a person who is praying. If a praying person has a sutrah in front of him,…
Section : Passing of anything does not invalidate the prayer. The salah is not invalidated by anything (passing in front of the praying person). ‘Ali, ‘Uthman, ibn al-Musayyab, ash-Sh’abiy, Malik, ash-Shaf’i, Sufyan al-Thauri and the Hanafi scholars are of the…