What Breaks the Prayer
234 questions
Does repeating the intention before or during prayer invalidate it, and does prayer become void by re-reading a verse from the Qur’an or some of the words of the Tashahhud during it?
Does laughing during prayer, without making a sound, invalidate the prayer?
What are the nullifiers of prayer (Salat), and does prayer become nullified by a simple mistake in Surat Al-Fatiha, and what is the interpretation of the Hadith: "Indeed, Allah has pardoned for my Ummah (community) their mistakes, their forgetfulness, and what they are forced to do"?
Is it permissible to begin prayer while chewing gum, without moving it or swallowing anything that comes from it?
Is it permissible to use paper tissues during prayer to remove substances from the nose more than once?
Will the Mufti who erred in his fatwa and followed it be held accountable, and will my prayer be invalidated if I acted upon his erroneous fatwa concerning the nullifiers of prayer?
Does the prayer of one who unintentionally says "Ya Rabb (O Lord)" after saying "Rabbana wa lakal-hamd (Our Lord, and to You be all praise)" become invalid?
Does prayer become invalid if the worshipper feels that he is performing movements without intention or devotion, or if he intended (to pray) Fajr then felt that his intention changed to Sunnah and he did not revert to the intention of Fajr before the Takbir?
Does the passing of the wife in short and transparent clothes in front of her husband while he is praying at home affect the validity of his prayer, knowing that he does not feel aroused by that?
Does prayer become invalid by cutting off the row, such as praying between two pillars or between two children? Is this considered like praying alone behind the row? And does prayer become invalid by the presence of an empty space in the row?
Does clearing one's throat inadvertently during prayer invalidate it?
What is the ruling on a third prostration if a child pulls the worshiper to prostrate after completing the two prostrations, should the prostration be completed to silence the child or should the worshiper leave him?
Is it permissible to read supplications from a book of Prophetic supplications during Tarawih prayer?
Is it permissible for a Muslim woman to pray in front of a Christian woman?
Does the ablution become void by saying the taslim during prayer (before its completion)?
What is the ruling on one of a worshiper's limbs moving involuntarily during prayer?
Can one pray the two rak'ahs of the Fajr supererogatory prayer as four rak'ahs, and is it obligatory to denounce the one who does so?
Does a menstruating woman, specifically, passing in front of a worshipper outside his place of prostration invalidate his prayer, bearing in mind that the hadiths which liken women to dogs and donkeys are not authentic, and that Aisha, may Allah be pleased with her, used to sit between the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, and the qiblah, and he did not object to that?
Is it recommended for a worshipper to leave the prayer if he feels a slight drowsiness? What is the ruling if the drowsiness becomes intense? How does he disengage from it? Does this ruling apply to both obligatory and supererogatory prayers, and to all verbal and physical acts of worship? Is it to be understood from the saying of the Prophet (PBUH): "If any of you feels drowsy during prayer, he should lie down until he knows what he is reciting," that the drowsiness necessitating leaving the prayer is that in which the worshipper does not know what he is saying or doing? And how can this be reconciled with the Prophet's (PBUH) action with Ibn Abbas during his night vigil?
Did the Four Imams agree that a child under seven years old breaks the row?
Is it permissible to prevent a child ignorant of prayer due to his young age from entering the prayer room if he stands in front of the worshipper and obstructs his prostration, or is it better to allow him to do so that he may learn prayer?
What is the ruling on one who prays Tarawih in the mosque behind the Imam, and remains seated in the row during the first rak'ah, and does not say "Allahu Akbar" with the Imam until the Imam bows, and then completes his prayer? And is his prayer valid?
What is the ruling on the prayer of one who clears their throat, laughs, or cries during it, and does a little speech invalidate the prayer?
Is it desirable to pray the two rak'ahs of the Fajr supererogatory prayer (Raghibat al-Fajr) close to the iqamah of the Fajr congregational prayer, even if there is ample time between the call to prayer (adhan) of Fajr and the iqamah?