Answered by Shaykh Amjad Rasheed
Translated by Ustadha Shazia Ahmad
Is it disliked to pray on a prayer-mat that has a picture of a mosque on it? It is disliked to sit on it?
Answer:
I asked our shaykh, the scholar of Islamic law (faqih), Shaykh Muhammad al-Khatib about this. He said that there is no apparent dislike in it, but it is better not to.
Amjad Rasheed
(Translated by Shazia Ahmad)
Shaykh Muhammad al-Khatib of Tarim (Hadramawt, Yemen) is one of the top Shafi`i scholars alive, and a member of the Fatwa Council of Tarim.
السؤال : هل تكره الصلاة على سجادة فيها صورة مسجد ؟ وهل يكره الجلوس عليها ؟ الجواب : سألت عن ذلك شيخنا الفقيه محمداً الخطيب فأجاب : بأن الذي يظهر عدمُ كراهة ذلك ، لكن الأحسن تركه .