The ruling on Salah when food has been served
Question:
"May Allah bless you. A listener from Iraq, the Ta'meen governorate, who abridged his name with (the Arabic letters) daal, meem and seen, says: "When the time for prayer has come and a person is in front of a meal, does he get up and pray or does he finish eating the meal?""
Answer:
"When the Iqaamah (second call to prayer) is being said and a person is having his meal, he may finish it and will not be sinful if he misses the prayer in this situation, due to the statement of the Prophet, may peace and blessings be upon him:
"When dinner has been served, then start with it (first) before the prayer."[1]
And similarly when dinner or lunch have been served and then the Adhan or the Iqaamah are being said; there is no harm upon the individual to (first) eat and then go to his prayer. And if he were to miss the prayer in this situation there would be no sin upon him, due to the statement of the Prophet, may peace and blessings be upon him:
"There is no prayer when the food is present or when one is resisting the urge to urinate or defecate."[2]
However, it is not befitting for the individual to make it his habit; that the time for his lunch and the time for his dinner are (exactly) at the time of prayer, because that will lead to him missing the prayer deliberately. But if it happens that the food is being served while the Iqaamah is being said, then the food is to be given precedence in this situation."
Footnotes by translator:
[1] Agreed upon (Al-Bukharee and Muslim).
[2] Saheeh Muslim.
Shaykh Muhammad bin Saalih al-'Uthaymeen, may Allah have mercy upon him
Translated by 'Abdurrahīm Ibn Muhammad Al-Hadhramī.
Published on Salafi-Dawah.com.
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"May Allah bless you. A listener from Iraq, the Ta'meen governorate, who abridged his name with (the Arabic letters) daal, meem and seen, says: "When the time for prayer has come and a person is in front of a meal, does he get up and pray or does he finish eating the meal?""
Answer:
"When the Iqaamah (second call to prayer) is being said and a person is having his meal, he may finish it and will not be sinful if he misses the prayer in this situation, due to the statement of the Prophet, may peace and blessings be upon him:
"When dinner has been served, then start with it (first) before the prayer."[1]
And similarly when dinner or lunch have been served and then the Adhan or the Iqaamah are being said; there is no harm upon the individual to (first) eat and then go to his prayer. And if he were to miss the prayer in this situation there would be no sin upon him, due to the statement of the Prophet, may peace and blessings be upon him:
"There is no prayer when the food is present or when one is resisting the urge to urinate or defecate."[2]
However, it is not befitting for the individual to make it his habit; that the time for his lunch and the time for his dinner are (exactly) at the time of prayer, because that will lead to him missing the prayer deliberately. But if it happens that the food is being served while the Iqaamah is being said, then the food is to be given precedence in this situation."
Footnotes by translator:
[1] Agreed upon (Al-Bukharee and Muslim).
[2] Saheeh Muslim.
Shaykh Muhammad bin Saalih al-'Uthaymeen, may Allah have mercy upon him
Translated by 'Abdurrahīm Ibn Muhammad Al-Hadhramī.
Published on Salafi-Dawah.com.
Source: http://binothaimeen.net [Click here for screenshot in PDF format]
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السؤال: بارك الله فيكم. من العراق محافظة التأمين مستمع رمز لاسمه بـ د. م. س. يقول: إذا جاء وقت الصلاة والإنسان في حضرة طعام فهل يقوم يصلي أو يكمل أكله للطعام؟
جوابالشيخ بن عثيمين رحمه الله: إذا أقيمت الصلاة والإنسان على طعامه فإن له أن يكمله، ولا يؤثم لو فاتته الصلاة في هذه الحالة؛ لقول النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم: إذا قدم العشاء فابدءوا به قبل الصلاة. وكذلك إذا حضر العشاء أو الغداء ثم أذن أو أقيمت الصلاة فلا حرج على الإنسان أن يأكل ثم ينصرف إلى صلاته، وإذا فاتته الصلاة في هذه الحالة فلا إثم عليه؛ لقول النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم: لا صلاة بحضرة طعام ولا وهو يدافعه الأخبثان. ولكن لا ينبغي للإنسان أن يجعل ذلك عادةً له بحيث يكون وقت غدائه ووقت عشائه في وقت الصلاة لأن ذلك يؤدي إلى أن تفوته الصلاة فوتاً اختيارياً منه، لكن لو صدف أن قدم الطعام عند إقامة الصلاة فإن الطعام يقدم في هذه الحالة
جوابالشيخ بن عثيمين رحمه الله: إذا أقيمت الصلاة والإنسان على طعامه فإن له أن يكمله، ولا يؤثم لو فاتته الصلاة في هذه الحالة؛ لقول النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم: إذا قدم العشاء فابدءوا به قبل الصلاة. وكذلك إذا حضر العشاء أو الغداء ثم أذن أو أقيمت الصلاة فلا حرج على الإنسان أن يأكل ثم ينصرف إلى صلاته، وإذا فاتته الصلاة في هذه الحالة فلا إثم عليه؛ لقول النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم: لا صلاة بحضرة طعام ولا وهو يدافعه الأخبثان. ولكن لا ينبغي للإنسان أن يجعل ذلك عادةً له بحيث يكون وقت غدائه ووقت عشائه في وقت الصلاة لأن ذلك يؤدي إلى أن تفوته الصلاة فوتاً اختيارياً منه، لكن لو صدف أن قدم الطعام عند إقامة الصلاة فإن الطعام يقدم في هذه الحالة
