The measure of the small and large mosque and passing in front of one who is praying

Question

What is the measure of the small and the large mosque? What is their definition? Please also explain the ruling on passing in front of one who is praying in a large mosque.

Answer

There are two opinions on delimiting the large mosque: (1) that it be forty cubits (dhira‘) long and forty cubits wide; (2) that it be sixty cubits long and sixty cubits wide. In a large mosque it is permitted to pass in front of one who is praying at such a distance that, if he is performing the prayer of the humble (with khushu‘), i.e.

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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