Prayer on the roof of the mosque

Question

Question: Most honoured and respected Hazrat Mufti, may your blessings endure! I hope your esteemed health is well. Al-salamu ‘alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh. I respectfully submit that last year, in the month of Jumada al-Ula, I sent you an istifta’ (request for a fatwa) concerning prayer on the roof of the mosque, and together with it I also sent the fatwa of the respected Hazrat Mufti ‘Abd al-Rahman, in which the fatwa of the respected Hazrat Mawlana Mufti Kifayatullah was also included.

Answer

Respected sir, may your beneficence endure! Al-salamu ‘alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh. Your esteemed letter containing scholarly research was a cause of joy. Climbing onto the roof of the mosque and holding the congregation there in intense heat is recorded as makruh in “Quhistani” and “Ghara’ib”, and this karaha is quoted in “Shami” and “Alamgiri” without declaring it…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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