Praise be to Allaah.
Firstly:
Al-Bukhaari (855) and Muslim (564) narrated from Jaabir ibn
‘Abdillah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (blessings and
peace of Allah be upon him) said: “Whoever eats garlic or onions, let him
keep away from us, or keep away from our mosque and stay in his house.”
Muslim (567) narrated that ‘Umar ibn al-Khattaab (may Allah
be pleased with him) delivered a khutbah one Friday in which, among other
things, he said: O people, you eat two plants which I find to be nothing but
repugnant, this onion and garlic. I remember the Messenger of Allaah
(blessings and peace of Allah be upon him), if he noticed their smell coming
from a man in the mosque, he would issue orders that he taken out to
al-Baqee‘. Whoever eats them, let him cook them to death.
The fuqaha’ have stated that it is makrooh for the one who
has eaten garlic or onions to attend the mosque and that it is mustahabb to
expel him therefrom. Some of them are of the view that it is haraam for him
to attend and it is obligatory to expel him. They added to that one who has
an offensive smell such as body odour or halitosis and those who work in
slaughterhouses and the like, if they have a smell that bothers other
worshippers.
Ibn ‘Abd al-Barr (may Allah have mercy on him) said in
at-Tamheed (6/422):
The hadeeth mentioned also indicates that the one who has
eaten garlic should be kept away from the mosque and should be expelled
therefrom, because the Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace of Allah be
upon him) said: “He should not approach our mosque or our mosques because he
annoys us with the smell of garlic.” If the reason for expelling him from
the mosque is that he causes annoyance, then by analogy anyone who annoys
his neighbour in the mosque because he has a sharp tongue and insults the
people in the mosque, or he has a foul odour because of the nature of his
work, or he has a disease that may harm others such as leprosy and the like,
and anything that causes annoyance to people if it is present in one of
their neighbours in the mosques and they want to expel him from the mosque
and keep him away from it, they have the right to do that so long as the
reason for doing so is present, until it is no longer present. Once that
reason is no longer present, he has the right to return to the mosque. End
quote.
Thus it is known that it is essential to ward off annoyance
and harm from the worshippers. If they are bothered by one who has a cold or
a cough, and that cannot be treated by means of medicines that would reduce
it and lessen the annoyance and harm – of which there are many nowadays –
then he should not attend the mosque until that which is bothering other
worshippers has gone away. If he can pray at the edge of the mosque or in
the courtyard, he may do so.
In the margin of Asna’l-Mataalib (1/262) it says: If
he has an offensive odour and he is able to stand outside the mosque in such
a way that he does not cause annoyance, then it is appropriate that he
should be obliged to attend Jumu‘ah. End quote.
Secondly:
If a man has a sickness that Allah, may He be exalted, has
made mixing with people affected by it a cause of contracting that sickness,
which is what is called a contagious disease, then he is excused for not
attending Jumu‘ah and prayers in congregation, lest he harm other
worshippers. In fact he may be prevented from entering the mosque until his
illness has gone away, because the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be
upon him) forbade bringing a sick individual among healthy ones, as
al-Bukhaari (6771) and Muslim (2221) narrated from Abu Hurayrah (may Allah
be pleased with him) that he said: The Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah
be upon him) said: “No sick one should be put with a healthy one.”
For more information on the issue of contagion, please see
the answer to question no. 45694
Dr. Sulaymaan ibn Waa’il at-Tuwaijri, a member of faculty at
Umm al-Qura University was asked about a man affected with a contagious
disease (such as measles) – is he obliged to pray in the mosque with the
congregation?
He replied: One of the excuses that waive the obligation to
pray in congregation and to attend Jumu‘ah is sickness, if recovery from
this sickness will be delayed or if it will be made worse. That also
includes contagious diseases, the harm of which may be passed to others. In
this case the individual is excused and is not obliged to pray in
congregation because of his sickness and because of the fear of contagion,
because the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) forbade the
one who has eaten garlic or onions to come to the mosque lest the people be
bothered by his smell, and this one (i.e. the one who is sick) is obviously
more bothersome than one who has eaten something that has an offensive
smell. And Allah knows best. May Allah send blessings and peace upon our
Prophet Muhammad and upon his family and companions.
End quote from Islam Today website,
And Allah knows best.