The reason for the dislike of covering the face in prayer due to imitating the disbelievers
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, you mentioned (may Allah preserve you) that covering the face in prayer involves imitating the disbelievers. Why is it not forbidden, but rather disliked?
Answer:
Imitating the disbelievers is sometimes forbidden and sometimes disliked. All imitation is forbidden. If the matter is that it is disliked as a reprehensible act (makruh tanzihi), and the rule for this is that it is disliked as a reprehensible act (makruh tanzihi), then it weakens the prayer and is disliked in the prayer.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, you mentioned (may Allah preserve you) that covering the face in prayer involves imitating the disbelievers. Why is it not forbidden, but rather disliked?
Answer:
Imitating the disbelievers is sometimes forbidden and sometimes disliked. All imitation is forbidden. If the matter is that it is disliked as a reprehensible act (makruh tanzihi), and the rule for this is that it is disliked as a reprehensible act (makruh tanzihi), then it weakens the prayer and is disliked in the prayer.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 141/23 شرح زاد المستقنع/ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (1:25:15)
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