all things that have no life ; Such as: inanimate objects and plants, etc .; There is no sin in drawing pictures of them. This will include painting of Kaaba and holy places ; If it doesn't have pictures of people. However, it is advisable not to have any kind of picture in front of a prayer or in his prayer ; So that the pictures do not disturb his attention. Imam Bukhari (363) and Imam Muslim (556) narrate from Ayesha (R) that once the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) prayed on a piece of cloth and once he looked at it. At the end of the prayer he said: Take this cloth of mine to Abu Jahm and bring the cloth of Abu Jahm's Anbijani (produced in a place in Syria). Because a little while ago this cloth was going to distract me from my prayers. Hisham bin Urwa narrated from his father Ayesha (R) that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: I used to look at the crafts in the prayer. So I was afraid it would throw me into temptation. Anbijani: A thick cloth that has no design or craftsmanship. The reason why it is makrooh to offer prayers in these designed and crafted Jain prayers is because they distract the worshiper. This is not because the holy places are being trampled underfoot ; As mentioned in the question. In our view, there is no disrespect in this. On the contrary, the owners of such prayers are usually aware and they keep their feet on the part of the prayers where there is no picture of holy places. Sheikh Uthaymeen (RA) was asked about praying in Jain prayers which have pictures of mosques. In reply, he said: "Our view is that it is not advisable to have pictures of the mosque in the Imam's prayer." Since it may distract the Imam , it will attract his attention. This will cause error in the prayer. That is why when the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) prayed in a patterned cloth and once his eyes fell on the pattern, he said at the end of the prayer: A little while ago, this cloth was going to distract me from my prayers. " Narrated in Sahih Bukhari and Sahih Muslim as Hadith of Ayesha (R). If it is assumed that this will not distract the Imam ; Since the Imam is blind or seeing many times, it is not a significant thing for him to observe - in that case we do not see any difficulty in praying. Allah is the bestower of tawfiq . What is the ruling on praying on the carpets of mosques right now ? What is the ruling on praying on a carpet that has a picture of a cross on it ? To make the image a cross, the lines on both sides must be equal and the bottom line long and the top line short ; Or any cross-shaped line is a cross. We hope you'll let us know ; Since this calamity has taken a massive shape. God protect you. One. Mosques are the house of God. The houses are built for performing the prayers and proclaiming His holiness (recitation of Tasbeeh) with morning and evening meditation , supplication and fear of Allah. Designing the carpets and walls of the mosque disturbs the remembrance of Allah and distracts the worshipers. So many of the Salaf Salehin disliked designing (Makruh knew). So Muslims should keep their mosques free from such designs in the hope of great rewards and greater rewards ; In order to remove the distractions from the places of attaining nearness to the **** of the Worlds and to maintain the atmosphere of perfect worship. However, praying on such a carpet is pure. Two. The cross is a symbol of Christians. They place this symbol in their places of worship , honor it, and regard it as a symbol of falsehood and false belief. That belief is: the crucifixion of Jesus, son of Mary. In this regard, God has declared Jews and Christians to be liars. He said: "While they did not kill him, they did not crucify him ; rather, they were puzzled." So it is not permissible for Muslims to place crosses on their prayer carpets or anything like that ; The cross should not be allowed to remain. Rather it is necessary on them to delete it , to erase its lines ; So as to abstain from reprehensible things and from adopting common resemblance to Christians ; And can stand above accepting special similarities with their honorable subjects. In this case there is no difference between the horizontal line being longer or equal to the vertical line or the line at the top being shorter or equal to the line at the bottom.