Does a woman passing in front of a worshipper in the Grand Mosque of Makkah, or anyone passing in front of a solitary worshipper, invalidate the prayer?
The jurists differed concerning the prayer of one in front of whom a woman passes. The majority hold that it is valid, while some scholars consider it invalid. The prayer of a ma'mum (follower) is not invalidated by a woman passing in front of him, because the sutrah (barrier) of the imam (leader) serves as a sutrah for him. Sheikh Ibn Uthaymeen mentioned that a woman passing by invalidates the prayer, unless the worshiper is following an imam, for the sutrah of the imam serves as a sutrah for him and for those behind him, and he cited the of Ibn Abbas as evidence. As for passing in front of a worshiper in the , there are two scholarly opinions on this matter.
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