What is the minimum distance required between someone praying Salat in a Masjid and another person wanting to go/pass across him.
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What is the minimum distance required between someone praying Salat in a Masjid and another person wanting to go/pass across him.
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This will differ according to the size of the Musjid. If the Musjid is small then it will not be permissible to walk across another person in Salaat at all.
The Fuqahaa have calculated this to be approximately 335 square meters. If the Musjid is larger than this estimated amount of 335 square meters then it will be permissible to walk across another person in Salaat from a distance of anything more than two complete Saffs from the place where the person in Salaat is standing. (Ahsanul Fataawa vol.3 pg.409)
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Mufti Ebrahim Desai
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