The ruling on a strong smile that produces a sound during prayer
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The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: I was praying and I smiled a strong smile during the prayer, and a sound came out of it. Is there anything required of me?
The Shaykh:
This is not a smile; this is laughter. This is laughter, and what came out of it was a sound and letters. This is not a smile. So if you are certain of this, you repeat the prayer. Yes.
The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
They say that if one laughs loudly, meaning a loud laugh, the prayer is invalid by consensus, meaning by scholarly consensus. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: I was praying and I smiled a strong smile during the prayer, and a sound came out of it. Is there anything required of me?
The Shaykh:
This is not a smile; this is laughter. This is laughter, and what came out of it was a sound and letters. This is not a smile. So if you are certain of this, you repeat the prayer. Yes.
The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
They say that if one laughs loudly, meaning a loud laugh, the prayer is invalid by consensus, meaning by scholarly consensus. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 56 — youtube.com (1:04:30)
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