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Sutrah (prayer screen)

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The sutrah in fiqh is the screen a worshipper sets before him to bar passers-by; the Kuwaiti Fiqh Encyclopedia details its size, description, placement and the worshipper's stance toward it 1.

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The sutrah in fiqh is the barrier a worshipper sets before himself to prevent passers-by crossing in front. The Kuwaiti Fiqh Encyclopedia details its size, description, placement and the worshipper's stance toward it 1.

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The ruling on one who abandons prayer· Ada' (performance of an obligation within its time)· Adhan (the call to prayer: its ruling, wording, conditions, recommended features and the muezzin)· Bone (adhm): purity, use and retaliation· The adornment of desires and the goods of this world· The people of the bench (ahl al-suffa)· The earth made a place of prayer and purity· Spending in the way of God (infaq)

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  1. al-Mawsu'a al-Fiqhiyya al-Kuwaitiyya, Noor-Book copy (file named v3)
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islam.museum contributors. “Sutrah (prayer screen)”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/concept/sutrah/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.

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The ruling on one who abandons prayer

Al-Sallabi quotes Ali: whoever does not pray is an unbeliever. He then reports from al-Nawawi the dispute over one who neglects prayer while believing it obligatory: the majority (Malik, al-Shafi'i) hold him a sinner to be asked to repent, others hold him an unbeliever, a view ascribed to Ali; Abu Hanifa and the Kufans hold him not an unbeliever but to be disciplined.