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Does the passing of one's mother or a Mahram woman in front of a male worshiper invalidate his prayer, similar to the passing of an unfamiliar woman?

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If one of a worshipper's mahrams passes like a foreign woman, it severs his prayer. Sheikh Ibn Baz stated that the hadith is general, including the mother, sister, daughter, wife, and others, as there is nothing to specify them.

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