Asalaamu alaikum -
I spent all day yesterday driving from Sacramento California to the foothills of Mt Rainier in the state of WA to visit my family. My mother identifies as Native American as does her husband.
Her house is practically a museum of Native art - statues, dolls, paintings, drawings...every inch of the walls has some art on it, every shelf has some statue or bust... As uncomfortable as I am around this stuff, I'm here for my mother.
My concern is my salaat. She has graciously allowed me to perform my salaat at any spot in her house I wish, however every spot has some thing looking down at me from the walls. Currently the weather is good inshallah so when the time comes for dhuhr/asr (I combine as I am a traveler) I will do it out on her porch... but as this is the Pacific Northwest and it does rain constantly, if I have to come back inside will I be permitted to pray in a house full of these idols?
JazakAllah khairyn in advance
D.
I spent all day yesterday driving from Sacramento California to the foothills of Mt Rainier in the state of WA to visit my family. My mother identifies as Native American as does her husband.
Her house is practically a museum of Native art - statues, dolls, paintings, drawings...every inch of the walls has some art on it, every shelf has some statue or bust... As uncomfortable as I am around this stuff, I'm here for my mother.
My concern is my salaat. She has graciously allowed me to perform my salaat at any spot in her house I wish, however every spot has some thing looking down at me from the walls. Currently the weather is good inshallah so when the time comes for dhuhr/asr (I combine as I am a traveler) I will do it out on her porch... but as this is the Pacific Northwest and it does rain constantly, if I have to come back inside will I be permitted to pray in a house full of these idols?
JazakAllah khairyn in advance
D.