Places Where Performing Prayers Is Disapproved (makruh)

Ruling 884. Performing prayers is disapproved in a number of places, including:

1. a public bath;

2. on saliferous land;

3. facing a person;

4. facing an open door;

5. on a street, road, and in an alley, in the event that it does not cause trouble for passers-by; if it does cause them trouble, it is unlawful;

6. facing a fire or lamp;

7. in a kitchen and in every place where there is a furnace;

8. facing a pit or ditch where people urinate;

9. facing a picture or statue of a living thing, unless it is covered;

10. in a room where a junub ⁽¹³³⁾ is present;

11. in a place where there is a picture, even if it is not facing the person performing prayers;

12. facing a grave;

13. on a grave;

14. in between two graves;

15. in a graveyard.

Ruling 885. If a person performs prayers in a place where people pass by, or if someone is in front of him, it is recommended that he place something in front of him; and it is sufficient if that thing is some wood or rope.