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Is it permissible to perform prayer in a restroom designated for people with disabilities, which contains a toilet, a washbasin, and a space for spreading a prayer rug, knowing that there are no separating partitions between them, in order to attain khushu' (devotional humility)?

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One should strive to perform congregational prayers if possible; otherwise, one should pray individually in a pure place, isolated from anything that might distract or diminish devotion.

Devotion (khushu') in prayer is not a condition for its validity according to the majority of scholars, though praying in places inhabited by devils is disliked, even if the prayer is valid if performed on a pure spot.

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