7- PLACING A BARRIER INFRONT OF ONE’S PRAYER PLACE
PLACING A BARRIER INFRONT OF ONE’S PRAYER PLACE
It is recommended to put a barrier at least 32 cm. high in front of oneself when performing the prayer, or to spread out a mat, or if one cannot, to draw a line (on the ground, straight out, perpendicular to one’s chest) about a meter and a half (or less) in front of one. It is then unlawful for anyone to pass (0: between the person praying and such a barrier, even when there is no other way to pass.
If someone tries to pass between oneself and the barrier, it is recommended to gently push him back. If he persists, one may push him back as hard as necessary, as one would an attacker. Were he to die as a result, one would not be subject to retaliation (03) or have to pay an indemnity (04) to his kin.
If there is no barrier, or if the person praying is farther than a meter and a half from it, then passing in front of him is merely offensive, and the person praying is not entitled to push him.
(Passing in front of a person without a barrier. in a mosque for example, is limited to the length of his prostration, and it is not unlawful or offensive to pass in front of him when farther than that.) 0.4 When one notices a gap in a row of people performing a group prayer, one is entitled to pass in front of others to fill it.
(Source: The reliance of the traveller, revised edition, Edited and Translated by Nuh Ha Mim Keller)
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