Question:
After prayer a big number of people fold their prayer mats, and if other individuals leave them open, they go and fold them.
Is folding the prayer mat after salah supported by texts or it’s an innovation, as many believe that Satan will pray on an unfolded prayer mat?
Answer:
الجواب باسم ملهم الصواب
- Folding the prayer mat with the belief that Satan will pray on it, if not folded, has no basis in Islam.
- How could Satan pray there, when the prayer mats are kept unfolded throughout the day and night in every masjid!
- However, there is nothing wrong in folding the prayer mat without the afore-mentioned belief.
Only Allah knows best.
Answered by:
Abdullah Fahim
Imam & Khateeb, Masjid Taqwa
Kyrwicks Lane, Birmingham
23 Safar 1446 AH/ 27 August 2024
اغلاط العوام في باب الأحكام، لحكيم الأمة محمد أشرف علي التهانوي، ص: 28، الفلاح اسلامک فاؤنڈیشک، انڈیا
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