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Is a brief sitting between the two prostrations to ensure tranquility considered an addition to the pillar that invalidates the prayer and necessitates its repetition?

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It has become clear that the questioner is prone to obsessive thoughts, and has asked this question before.

His prayer was not invalidated; because a slight sitting does not invalidate the prayer, even if done intentionally, and a brief sitting, like the sitting for rest (jalsat al-istirahah), is excused.

Therefore, his prayer is valid, and he does not need to repeat it.

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