Prayer: Ruling on Performing Shia Prayers in Sunni Mosques Without a Turbah

Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Imam Khamenei

Prayer: Ruling on Performing Shia Prayers in Sunni Mosques Without a Turbah

English:

Question #600:

In Mecca and Medina, we perform prayers in congregation with the Sunnī brethren relying on the verdict of Imam Khomeini (q.). On certain occasions to acquire the reward of performing prayer in a masjid, we perform our afternoon and ‘ishā’ prayers after noon and maghrib prayers in Sunnī masjids while doing prostration on the prayer mats and without a sajdahgah. What is the ruling for such a prayer?

Answer #600:

In the given case, one should prostrate on a thing on which it is correct to prostrate unless it contradicts the duty of dissimulation.

-Imam Khamenei, Practical Laws of Islam, Importance and Conditions of Prayer