If one’s cap falls during the prayer: putting it back on oneself or having another put it on

Question

If, while praying, a worshipper’s cap comes off his head, may another person pick it up and place it on the head of the one praying, or not? Or may only the worshipper himself put it back on? Kindly answer in the light of the Qur’an and hadith.

Answer

Another person may also place the cap on his head, and he himself may also put it on with a slight movement of the hand. And if he did not put the cap back on his head and prayed without a cap, the prayer is still valid.

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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