Guide to the Requirement of Purity of the Prayer Place for the Validity of the Prayer

Question
What is the evidence for the requirement of the purity of the prayer place for the validity of the prayer?
Answer

It is a condition for the indication of the text in His saying: (And your garments purify); and from Ibn Umar, may Allah be pleased with them: ((The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, prohibited praying in seven places: in the garbage dump, the slaughterhouse, the graveyard, the roadside, in the bathhouse, in the places where camels kneel, and on the roof of the House of Allah)), in Sunan al-Tirmidhi 2: 177, and Sunan Ibn Majah 1: 246, and Musnad al-Ruyani 4: 126, and Sharh Ma'ani al-Athar 1: 384, and the prohibition was due to the assumption of impurity, which indicates the obligation of purification. See: Nafi' al-Mufti p. 225, and Jam' al-Rumuz 1: 80, and al-Maraqiy p. 208.

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