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3363. It was narrated from Ma'dân bin Abu Talhah Al-Ya'muri that 'Umar bin Khattâb stood up one Friday delivering a sermon. He praised and glorified Allâh, then he said: "O people, you eat two plants which I do not regard as anything but offensive: This garlic and these onions. At the time of the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ, I would see a man, if the smell (of these vegetables) was found on him, being taken by the hand and led out to Baqî' (graveyard). Whoever must eat them, let him cook them to death." (Sahih)
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At the time of going to the mosque, one should avoid eating uncooked onion or garlic.
If one needs to eat it, then he should eat it in advance of the prayer so that the odor dies out by the time of prayer. Or he should eat something that removes the odor of onion after that such as coriander.
If garlic or onion is cooked in soup or curry then their odor expires. Going to the mosque after eating such thing is allowed.
The purpose of driving the person out of the mosque is to come back when the odor expires.
The smell of cigarettes is more hateful than the smell of onions. So, a Muslim should always keep away from it whether the time is for prayer or not.
