Invalidators and Disliked Acts of Prayer — Prayer

• Details of Prompting the Imam When He Forgets
• Prompting the imam when the first sitting is prolonged
• How to prompt the imam
• A minor may prompt the imam
• The prayer of the prompter when the imam moves to another sura
• Prompting the imam in the Friday prayer
• Details on giving an incorrect prompt
• The prayer of the prompter when the imam does not take the prompt
• Prompting does not invalidate the muqtadi's prayer
• Is the prayer invalidated by taking a prompt from a person whose body and clothes are impure?
• The follower saying the kalima tayyiba when the imam finishes Surat al-Fatiha
• Saying salawat during the prayer on hearing the blessed name of the Prophet ﷺ
• What should be done if someone calls out to a person during the prayer?
• Does the prayer become invalid by saying the takbir at the word of an outsider?
• A worshipper acting on the word of someone not in the prayer
• Blood falling on the cap during the prayer
• Remembering during the prayer that one did not perform istinja' after defecation
• The ruling on walking during the prayer
• Repeatedly moving the beard during the prayer
• Killing a snake with more than one blow
• Is adjusting one’s clothes with both hands an excessive action?
• Should one break off the prayer after scratching three times in one pillar?
• Scratching a ripe prickly-heat pimple
• The ruling on excessive action
• Details on excessive action
• Loud laughter (qahqaha) nullifies wudu
• Slight laughter invalidated the prayer but did not nullify wudu
• Stray thoughts do not spoil the prayer
• He did not sit (qa'da) after the fourth rak'a
• Does standing after the second rak‘a and immediately returning to sitting invalidate the prayer?
• A woman covering her hair in prayer
• A woman reciting aloud in prayer
• A woman standing level with a man (muhadhat)
• Muhadhat (a Woman Standing Level with a Man in Prayer)
• Muhadhat in the Two Holy Sanctuaries
• The Issue of Muhadhat
• Muhadhat with Mahram Women at Home
• The Conflict Between the Texts of “Tadhkirat al-Rashid” and “Tadhkirat al-Khalil” on Giving Salam Before the Imam
• Giving Salam Before the Imam
• Madd at the Beginning of the Word “Allah”
• Saying “sami‘a Allahu man hamidah” instead of “sami‘a Allahu li-man hamidah”
• The debate on breaking one’s breath before the imam
• Repeating the prayer on the assumption that it was invalid
• Recitation together with tafsir in the prayer
• Making du‘a in the prayer in a language other than Arabic
• If the imam dies in prostration
• Sunrise in the very midst of the prayer
• Praying with phlegm in the mouth
• Must a prayer performed with makruh tahrimi be repeated?
• The rule “every prayer performed with makruh tahrimi must be repeated”
• Led the prayer without wudu out of forgetfulness
• The ruling if all the toes of both feet are lifted in sajda
• What to do if rain begins during the prayer
• At what amount of loss is it permitted to break off the prayer
• If a follower dies during the prayer
• What should someone asleep in the mosque do when the congregation begins?
• If the Imam's Face Turns Toward the North or South
• If one’s cap falls during the prayer: putting it back on oneself or having another put it on
• Some of the imam’s mistakes that need correcting but do not invalidate the prayer
• The ruling on the prayer when a quarter of a limb remains uncovered
• Praying with the elbows uncovered
• Finishing the salam and the takbirs before the imam
• What should be done if the imam falls asleep in the prayer?
• What is the ruling on the prayer if there is a mirror in front?
• Praying in a mosque with mirrored decoration
• Praying with an Image Engraved on the Hand
• Prostrating on an Image
• An Image on the Prayer Mat
• Praying on a Prayer Mat Bearing an Image of the Ka‘ba
• Praying on a Prayer Mat Bearing an Image of the Blessed Tomb
• Praying on a Prayer Mat Bearing an Image of the Bayt Allah
• Praying on a Patterned Prayer Mat
• Praying on an Italian Velvet Prayer Mat Bearing an Image of the Two Sanctuaries
• Praying with money on one’s person
• Praying in stolen clothing
• Praying with sleeves rolled up to the elbows
• Praying with rolled-up sleeves when the elbows are covered
• Praying with the elbows uncovered
• Praying in half sleeves
• Praying in a half-sleeved kurta and trousers below the ankles
• Praying in a half-sleeved shirt
• Lowering the sleeves from the elbows during prayer
• Performing the prayer while wearing a sari
• Prayer in a sari
• Praying while wearing a sari
• Praying without taking the hands out of a blanket
• Keeping the collar open in prayer
• Praying with an open collar
• Praying with the buttons left open
• Praying with the buttons left undone
• Praying in trousers (pantaloons)
• Praying in a Turkish cap, and the prayer of one who lives on unlawful earnings
• The prayer of a wine-drinker
• Praying in a mesh cap
• Praying in a kurta worn inside out
• When the cap remains uncovered by the turban in prayer
• Praying with a used handkerchief tied on the head
• Does natural aversion make the prayer makruh?
• The gaze falling on the qibla wall
• Praying with the face covered
• Waiting for a particular person before the prayer
• Waiting for a specific person for the prayer
• The imam on a prayer mat, the followers on the floor
• Praying on a narrow rug
• Praying in shoes
• Praying in shoes
• Prostrating with the Noble Qur’an in front
• A lamp burning in front of the one praying
• Praying with a lamp placed in front
• Should the prayer be in light or in darkness?
• Praying in the dark
• Praying while needing to pass wind
• Is the retraction of a haemorrhoid a sign of passing wind?
• Saying the takbir aloud for the individual worshipper
• The individual worshipper saying the takbirs aloud
• Loud recitation does not invalidate the prayer
• The muqtadi saying the transitional takbirs before the imam
• The imam standing in the mihrab
• The imam standing in the mihrab
• The imam standing in the middle of the mihrab
• Standing in the archways of the mosque
• The imam standing in an archway of the mosque
• Prayer on the roof of the mosque
• Prayer on the roof of the mosque
• Prayer on the roof of the mosque
• Praying over a well inside the mosque
• The ruling on praying with najasa in the pardoned amount
• What to do if one’s waist-cloth comes undone during prayer
• Adjusting the waist-cloth or trousers during prayer
• Intended four rak‘as but forgetfully gave the salam after three: what is the ruling on this prayer?
• A child suckled from its mother while she was in prayer
• The imam standing somewhat higher for the prayer
• Clearing the throat in prayer
• Belching during the prayer
• Coughing during the prayer
• Pas-i anfas (dhikr with every breath) during the prayer
• The prayer of one given to abusive language
• Attending to the translation [of the verses] during the prayer
• The follower reciting inadvertently
• Praying when there is no urge to pass wind
• What is the ruling on the prayer if incense-stick smoke enters the nose?
• Praying with a picture, or bidis and cigarettes, in one’s pocket
• Looking at a watch during the prayer
• If both feet slip after getting caught in one’s clothing
• Praying in red clothing
• The Eid prayer and the like in a non-Muslim place of worship or on their land
• Being mindful in every pillar of the prayer
• “There is no prayer without presence of heart”
• Is there no prayer without presence of heart?
• Thoughts of the houris during prayer
• Prayer (Salāh) Through a Loudspeaker
• The loudspeaker in prayer
• Using a loudspeaker for Friday and the two Eids
• Using the loudspeaker device in prayer
• Using a loudspeaker at the Darul Uloom
• Following the imam through a tape recording
• Prayer by a tape recording
• Detailed Discussion on the Sutrah (Barrier in Prayer)
• Does a window grille count as a sutra?
• Praying on a thoroughfare without a sutra
• Passing through an adjoining part of the mosque
• A passageway between the rows
• Passing in front of someone praying on a raised place
• Passing in front of a person praying
• Moving away when someone has started praying behind you
• Reciting “لا يؤمنون” instead of “لا يوقنون”
• Reciting “al-zalimun” instead of “al-kafirun”
• Reciting “ولا يجدوا” instead of “ولم يجدوا”
• Reciting “الهمد” instead of “الحمد”
• Reciting “ما أحسن تقويم” instead of “في أحسن تقويم”
• Recited “لِلْعُسْرَى” instead of “لِلْيُسْرَى”
• Recited “لِلْإِنْسَانِ” instead of “لِرَبِّهِ”
• Recited “عَمَلَ عَمَلٍ” instead of “عَمَلَ عَامِلٍ”
• Reciting with the assimilation (idgham) of dal into dad
• Recited “آيَاتِي” instead of “آيَاتِ”
• Reciting “جَزَآءً مِّن رَّبِّكَ عَطَآءً” Instead of “جَزَآءً وِفَاقًا”
• Reciting “وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَّاعِمَةٌ” Instead of “وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَـٰشِعَةٌ”
• Reciting Only “جَآءَ أَجَلُهُمْ” in “إِذَا جَآءَ أَجَلُهُمْ” or Only “سَعْيُكُم” in “وَكَانَ سَعْيُكُم”
• Reciting “لَمْ يُقَـٰتِلُوكُمْ فِى ٱلدِّينِ” Instead of “قَـٰتَلُوكُمْ فِى ٱلدِّينِ”
• Errors of Fatha and Kasra in the Transitional Takbirs and the Tashahhud
• Omitting One Word from the Middle of a Verse
• Reading a Fatha in Place of a Kasra or the Reverse
• Reciting “اَدْخُلُوا” Instead of “اُدْخِلُوا” and “ظ” Instead of “ذ”
• Reciting a fatha instead of a damma, or ح instead of ه, or the reverse
• The imam recited “خير الظالمين” instead of “والله خير الرازقين” in the prayer
• Reciting “لا يملكون منه إلا خطابا” instead of “لا يملكون منه خطابا”
• The negating “la” instead of the emphatic “lam” in “وَلَنَبْلُوَنَّكُمْ”, and “مالُه” read as “مالَه”
• The ruling on the prayer with an error in the case-endings (i‘rab)
• Invalidation of the prayer by a gross error (khata’ fahish)
• Reciting an active verb as passive in the prayer
• Reciting the first-person singular form instead of the feminine singular form in the recitation
• Recited “لَهُمْ جَنَّاتٌ تَجْرِي…” instead of “أُولَئِكَ هُمْ خَيْرُ الْبَرِيَّةِ”
• Altering “غَيْرِ الْمَغْضُوبِ عَلَيْهِمْ”
• The imamate of one who recites “مُسْتَخِيم” instead of “مُسْتَقِيم”
• Repeating a passage after reciting it wrongly
• Reciting wrongly and then reciting again correctly
• Reciting correctly after reciting “لِلْعُسْرَىٰ” instead of “لِلْيُسْرَىٰ”
• The ruling on the prayer when a mistake in recitation is followed by the correct reading
• If a gross error is made in a fard prayer, the prayer is not valid even after correction
• What is meant by a gross error?
• If two witnesses attest to the imam’s error
• The point of articulation (makhraj) of the letter dad
• The ruling on reading dad as dhal and the like
• Reading ض as د
• An error made in reciting Surah al-Jumu‘a
• Reading “مَالَهُ” instead of “مَالُهُ” in Surah al-Lahab
• The Prayer When Verses Are Omitted by Forgetfulness
• Two Verses Omitted from the Middle
• Omission of Two Verses
• The Prayer When One Verse Is Omitted
• Omitting One Verse in the Prayer
• The Prayer When Part of a Verse Is Omitted
• Reciting Verses of Surah “Idha zulzilat” in Reverse
• The Prayer When Parts of Surah al-Tariq Are Omitted
• Reciting “اَلْحَمْدُوْ لِلّٰهِ” with a lengthened damma
• Mispronouncing some words of Surah al-Fatiha
• Adding an alif in “نَسْتَعِينُ”
• Dropping the alif of the first-person plural ending
• Errors in the vowel marks: fatha, kasra and damma
• Prayer recited with the connecting nun rule
• An error in the order of recitation
• Pausing and lengthening (madd) in the wrong places

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