Does hearing a woman's voice or relatives talking during prayer invalidate it, and does the ruling on hearing a man's voice differ from that of a woman's voice in this regard?
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The prayer is not invalidated by hearing a woman's voice or someone speaking to you. The detailed ruling on a worshipper listening to someone who is not praying has been elaborated in no. 119505.
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