Darul Iftaa Mahmudiyyah

Can we pray in our university prayer room with the noise of the chapel going on below us ?

· 28 Dhuʻl-Qiʻdah 1421 AH1 min readFatwa 2379English

Question

Dear Mufti Sahib. The prayer room in our uni is directly above the college chapel and when they play their organ music it is very loud and obviously a distraction during salaat. Is it permissible for us to pray in this room. Jazakallah Khairoun.

Answer

If there is no alternative, then one will be excused for performing Salaat in the referred prayer room.

and Allah Ta'ala Knows Best

Mufti Ebrahim Desai
FATWA DEPT.

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