What Breaks the Prayer
234 questions
What is the ruling on one who prays intending to repeat the prayer after doing something that invalidates it, out of shyness to interrupt it, and is this considered mockery and disbelief?
Does inserting the wires of loose trousers into the anus during prayer, then pulling them out, along with the doubt of passing wind, invalidate the prayer and necessitate its repetition? And do the clothes touching the anal opening become ritually impure?
Is it obligatory to kill a snake or a serpent during prayer, and how is that done without invalidating or redoing the prayer? And what is the ruling on killing snakes outside of prayer, and how does one seek permission from house snakes?
Does leniency in prayer due to obsessive thoughts (waswas) of breaking the intention and repeatedly re-establishing it constitute breaking the prayer?
Does repeating some of the words of the prayer intentionally or out of forgetfulness, or speaking during the prayer with something that does not invalidate it, necessitate the prostration of forgetfulness (sujud al-sahw)? And what is the difference between what invalidates the prayer if done intentionally and what does not invalidate the prayer if done intentionally, concerning the prostration of forgetfulness?
What is the ruling on the prayer of one who carried an epileptic patient who fell in front of him during the second rak'ah, and how does he resume his prayer?
What is the ruling on a woman's prayer if an accident occurs in front of her: Should she complete her prayer or interrupt it, and is it permissible for her to move during prayer in this situation?
Do external distractions, such as a phone ringing or a neighboring worshiper reciting Surat Al-Fatihah aloud, affect the validity of the prayer and necessitate its repetition?
Does placing a blanket on one's back for warmth during prayer, which necessitates moving one's hands to adjust it, invalidate the prayer?
Will the reward for my prayer be diminished by worshippers passing in front of me, due to my obsessive thoughts and my delaying to say the Taslim after the Imam?
Do movements during the Tashahhud invalidate my prayer? Does the crossing of worshipers in front of me affect my prayer? Does the Imam bear responsibility for the mistakes of the worshiper in the final Tashahhud?
What is the ruling on the prayer of a congregant who performs an action that invalidates it out of ignorance or forgetfulness? Is he required to repeat it if he is informed, and is the one who does not inform him sinful?
Does lifting one's forehead from the ground during prostration—to adjust towards the Qiblah or to change its position—invalidate the prayer, especially if the worshiper is prone to ওয়াসওয়াসা (obsessive doubts) or if it happened out of forgetfulness? Is it permissible to follow the fatwa of Sheikh Ibn Baz, who considers this a form of 'abath (fidgeting) and does not invalidate the prayer?
Is the “Salat al-Tahiyat al-Masjid” (Two-Rak’ah Prayer upon Entering the Mosque) performed when entering the mosque to pray Maghrib and Fajr, after the dawn breaks?
Is my prayer valid, knowing that I took my phone out of my pocket to turn it off during the first rak'ah of the 'Isha prayer, and then bowed after the Imam had already risen from bowing in order to catch up with him?
Does praying for oneself or saying "Masha'Allah, there is no power except through Allah" after finishing the recitation of Al-Fatiha, while the Imam is reciting some verses during congregational prayer, invalidate the prayer?
Does a woman's passing in front of another woman interrupt her prayer, and must she repeat it?
What is the criterion for an addition that invalidates the prayer, and is the prayer invalidated by repeating part of a pillar (such as the nose in prostration or the head in the taslim) to correct a dhikr or complete a tashahhud?
Does repeating a dhikr multiple times during prayer, or repeating certain verses of Al-Fatiha, or repeating any dhikr, affect the validity of the prayer or invalidate its continuity? And does folding up one's trousers, which leads to the knees being slightly raised off the ground, affect the validity of the prayer?
Is the 'Asr prayer invalidated if the worshiper's intention shifts during the prayer to the Dhuhr prayer, then returns to the 'Asr prayer?
What are the requirements for the prostration of forgetfulness (sujood al-sahw), and what are the prayer invalidators that are not rectified by the prostration of forgetfulness?
What invalidates prayer, and does doubt invalidate prayer?
Does the prayer become void if something that interrupts it passes from the middle of the place of prostration or its end, when there is a barrier that is not sufficient?
What is the order of Fajr prayer with Sobh prayer in relation to the first and second calls to prayer, and does Fajr prayer ever become void during the day, and what is said in the Qunoot supplication?