❖ What is the Ruling on a Person Without Wudu Sitting in the Mosque? ❖
Source: Fatāwā Amunpuri by Shaykh Ghulam Mustafa Zaheer Amunpuri
Question:
What is the ruling on a person without wudu sitting in the mosque?
Answer:
A person without wudu may sit in the mosque; wudu is not a condition for sitting in the mosque. However, one upon whom ghusl is obligatory may not sit in the mosque.
❀ Ḥāfiẓ al-Nawawī رحمه الله (d. 676H) said:
أجمع المسلمون على جواز الجلوس فى المسجد للمحدث.
“The Muslims are unanimous that it is permissible for a person without wudu to sit in the mosque.”
(Sharḥ Muslim: 3/192)
Conclusion:Sitting in the mosque does not require wudu, but those in a state of major impurity (requiring ghusl) are not permitted to do so.
