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What is the ruling on prayer if a part of a woman's body, such as her neck, hair, or throat, becomes uncovered unintentionally, and she quickly covers it during the prayer? Does she have to repeat the prayer?

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Concealing one's nakedness (awrah) is a condition for the validity of prayer according to the majority of scholars. If any part of the awrah is uncovered during prayer unintentionally, and then immediately covered, the prayer is valid, whether the exposure was minor or significant, and whether the awrah was of the lighter or stricter type, as long as the covering was done quickly without excessive movement. So, if a gust of wind uncovers one's garment and it is immediately restored, the prayer is not invalidated, because the worshipper covered it promptly and did not intentionally expose it.

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