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Is it permissible to pray while having the smell of sweat, and does that diminish the reward for the prayer?

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Source: FtawySummarized from the full answer at Ftawy · reviewed Sep 2, 20261 min readAlso available in العربية
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It is better to perfume oneself with something that removes the smell of sweat before prayer, but the prayer is valid even with the presence of the smell of sweat because it is pure and does not invalidate the prayer.

Summarized from the full answer at Ftawy · reviewed Sep 2, 2026

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