Does natural aversion make the prayer makruh?

Question

Bakr comes and sleeps on the imam’s prayer mat, from which an unpleasant smell of sweat arises. The imam has a natural aversion to this act. Does this make the prayer makruh or not? And what of this conduct of Bakr?

Answer

The prayer has not become makruh because of natural aversion; however, this act of Bakr is wrong, and he ought to desist from it.

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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