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Al Sultan
Assalamo alikum and jummah mubaraka everyone.
I randomly found this news article, in which it says that, a 'top' Saudi scholar says that Muslims may pray in Churches and synagogues, but is this really true? can anyone confirm this? I mean half of what he says does make sense, but I'm not too sure about praying in churches..
walAlayum AsSalaam WaRahmatullahi WaBarakaatuhu
No need to make salaat in a church anyway, if one finds himself with a small jamaat, then make salaat wherever the land is without impurity, and it's all good.
There was the occasion of when Umar RA was asked to make his salaat in a church, and he refused by saying that generations after him, the Muslims may claim that church as a masjid... wise words. Follow the history and we find that's exactly what happened. He made salaat a stones throw from the church, and generations later that area was turned into a masjid. The foresight of Umar RA was spot on, he knew his people well.