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Is it permissible to perform Tarawih prayers on a plot of land adjacent to the mosque, owned by an absent individual, without his permission?

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Prayer is valid on another's land. Jurists have differed on the ruling of prayer before ascertaining the landowner's permission: some have held it permissible as long as there is no usurpation or harm, others have held it impermissible, and a third group has held it to be disliked (makruh). However, if the owner's consent is neither known nor presumed, then it is forbidden.

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