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 junub²⁹ is present;
11. in a place where there is a picture [of a living thing], 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.

²⁹ Junub is the term used to refer to a person who is in the state of ritual impurity (janābah). Janābah is explained in Ruling 344.