Sitting Partly in Shade, Partly in Sunlight

Question

Question: The noble hadith contains a prohibition against sitting partly in sunlight and partly in shade. But in some houses so little sunlight enters that in the winter season the whole body cannot come into the sun; likewise, in the hot season, under the shade of trees the sunlight is mixed together with the shade. It therefore appears that one would have to avoid both the sunlight of such houses and the shade of trees. Is this correct?

Answer

This prohibition is due to fear of harm; where there is no harm, there is no prohibition. [ar]أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ: إِذَا كَانَ أَحَدُكُمْ فِي الْفَيْءِ فَقَلَصَ عَنْهُ الظِّلُّ فَصَارَ بَعْضُهُ فِي الشَّمْسِ وَبَعْضُهُ فِي الظِّلِّ فَلْيَقُمْ[/ar] “The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ‘If one of you is sitting in the shade, and the shade recedes from him so that part of…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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