What Breaks the Prayer
234 questions
Does the presence of a morsel in the mouth during prayer, without swallowing it, invalidate the prayer, given that it is considered eating or drinking?
Does touching the hand to the edge of the headscarf or face during the opening "Allahu Akbar" invalidate the prayer and necessitate cutting it short?
Does suddenly rising from prostration in prayer without prior intention, due to a sudden reaction, invalidate the prayer?
Does the prayer of a worshipper become interrupted by the passing of a menstruating woman or by her sitting next to him, and must it be repeated?
What is the criterion for someone who openly commits a sin? Is everyone who smokes, or listens to music, or sleeps through a prescribed prayer, or lies, or does not pray with the congregation, or delays prayer beyond its time, or breaks an appointment, considered to be openly committing a sin if he declares his action among people and shows no concern?
Is it true that reading what is written on the clothes of the worshipper in the front row invalidates the prayer, and is there any evidence for that?
Does the Hadith: "Whoever prays Fajr in congregation will be in the protection of Allah" mean that the worshipper will be immune from all calamities destined for him on that day, or does the Hadith have another meaning?
Does continuous scratching during prayer, such as a first itch lasting 10 seconds and a second lasting 6 seconds, invalidate the prayer out of fear of an insect being present?
Does the prayer become invalid if a piece of the lip is bitten off by the teeth and unconsciously kept in the mouth during prayer?
What is the ruling on one who intentionally mispronounces (lahn) in a way that changes the meaning during the first taslimah and then repeats it correctly?
How does one pray Qiyam al-Layl after performing the Witr prayer before sleep?
Would a mother's prayer be considered invalid if she had been performing the prayer after the opening Takbeer for many years?
Does prayer become void as a result of physical contact with men and experiencing pleasure without the emission of prostatic fluid (madhy), and is it obligatory to leave the prayer line if there is a young man one desires?
Is it permissible to signal with the hand in response to someone who says "Yarhamukallah" to a sneezer during prayer?
Does repelling flies during prayer, because they disrupt concentration, invalidate the prayer?
Is it permissible to carry a paper or a notebook containing dhikr and du'a, or the book Hisn al-Muslim, during prayer (whether obligatory or supererogatory)?
Does the prayer of one who says "Allahumma salli" with the yaa (اللهم صلي) invalidate it?
Does slight straying and deviation from the spot of the worshipper standing behind me during prayer constitute the قطع (breaking) of his prayer?
Does the stillness of limbs in prayer mean that slight muscular tension that does not cause significant movement does not invalidate the prayer?
Is it permissible to perform the 'Tahiyat al-Masjid' (greeting the mosque) prayer, the 'Sunnah al-Wudu' (prayer after ablution), and then the 'Sunan Qabliyyah' (pre-prayer supererogatory prayers) for the obligatory prayer after the Adhan?
What is the ruling on the imam interrupting the prayer and reproaching the congregants, then resuming the prayer with a new opening takbir without a new iqamah, and is his prayer valid?
What should one do if one began prayer having forgotten there was food in one's mouth? And is one's prayer invalidated if one keeps food such as chewing gum or a sweetie at the side of one's mouth without eating it?
What is the ruling regarding a wife who delays the 'Isha prayer until the end of the night due to exhaustion and sleep after Maghrib, and is the husband responsible for that?
What is the ruling on shunning an ill-mannered person who does not pray and has wronged me and my relatives, and will one be punished for shunning him after greeting him in a gathering without shaking hands?