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Eating and
sleeping in the masjid and pointing legs
towards the Qiblah
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Question: What is
the ruling regarding the one who points his
legs towards the (direction of the)
Qiblah in the masjid? And is it permissible to
eat and sleep in the masjid?
Response:
There is no harm for the Muslim to stretch
his legs or leg towards the Qiblah whether he is in the
masjid or not. Also, there is no
harm in him eating and sleeping in
the masjid if he is in need of that.
It is, however, befitting upon him to take
care in keeping the masjid clean and if he were to
have a wet dream whilst alseep in
the masjid, he should hasten to leave
(the masjid) as soon as he wakes up so
as to take the (obligatory) ghusl as result of (his state
of) janaabah.
And with Allaah lies all success
and may Allaah send prayers and salutations
upon our Prophet (sal-Allaahu `alayhe wa
sallam) and his family and his
companions.
The Permanent Committee for
Islaamic Research and Fataawa
Head: Shaykh 'Abdul
'Azeez ibn Abdullaah ibn Baaz;
Deputy Head: Shaykh 'Abdur-Razzaaq
'Afeefee
Member: Shaykh 'Abdullaah ibn
Ghudayyaan;
Member: Shaykh 'Abdullaah ibn
Qu'ood
Fataawa al-Lajnah ad-Daa.imah
lil-Buhooth al-'Ilmiyyah wal-Iftaa., -
Volume 6, Page 291, Question 4 of Fatwa
No.5795
Fataawa tata'allaq bi-Jamaa'ah
al-Masjid: Question 18, Page 18
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