Is prayer permissible in areas containing the feces and urine of sheep?

Chapter on Praying with Impurity and Other Matters

Al-Mughni

Book of Prayer

Book 3 · Issue 3 · Bab 8

Open in Qurani

Primary text

Prayer is permissible in sheep folds. Ibn Al-Mundhir affirmed a consensus among scholars on this permissibility. Abu Musa prayed in an area containing sheep feces and declared that the area in question was equivalent to the preferred area.

Supporting text

Al-Shafi'i dissented, stipulating that the area must be clean of their droppings and urine for prayer to be valid.