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1- Is the feeling that the worshipper is an Imam when rising from bowing considered a change of intention and invalidation of the prayer? 2- Is ablution valid if the hand dries during wiping the head except for one finger with which the wiping was completed?

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The cure for obsessive thoughts (waswas) is to ignore them and not pay them any attention. The illusion that afflicts a worshipper, making him imagine that he is leading someone in prayer, does not affect the validity of his prayer. This is not considered a change of intention. As for wiping over the head, it is also valid. Many scholars have permitted women to suffice with wiping over part of the head.

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