Prayer is likewise invalid in the camel pens—the spots where the animals lodge and to which they return for rest.

Shaykh Taqī al-Dīn (Ibn Taymiyyah) said: “He forbade praying in their pens because they are haunts of devils, just as he forbade praying in the bathhouse for the same reason. Any place that shelters malevolent spirits is even more deserving to be avoided for prayer.”

Prayer is also disliked in any place that contains images. Imām Ibn al-Qayyim remarked: “Such a place is even more worthy of censure than the bathhouse. The dislike of praying in the bathhouse arises either from the likelihood of impurity or from its being the devil’s abode—and the latter is the correct view. As for a location filled with images, it is a pathway to idolatry; most of the polytheism of past nations stemmed from images and graves.”

O Muslim, give due care to your prayer: purify yourself from every impurity before you begin, and avoid the locations where prayer has been prohibited, so that your prayer will be sound in the manner Allah has legislated. Do not treat any of its rulings lightly, for your prayer is the pillar of your religion; when it is upright, your religion will be upright, and when it is compromised, your religion will likewise be compromised.

May Allah grant all of us success in that which brings goodness and steadfastness.

Fourth: Facing the qiblah
One of the conditions of the prayer is to face the qiblah, namely the Honoured Ka‘bah,