The ruling on one who turns his head frequently during the prayer
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: If a person looks around and turns his head throughout the prayer, or for most of it, does that invalidate his prayer?
Answer:
Turning the neck only is disliked. As for turning the body and deviating from the qiblah without dire necessity, without dire necessity, this invalidates the prayer. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: If a person looks around and turns his head throughout the prayer, or for most of it, does that invalidate his prayer?
Answer:
Turning the neck only is disliked. As for turning the body and deviating from the qiblah without dire necessity, without dire necessity, this invalidates the prayer. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [248 -582] حكم من أكثر من التلفت في الصلاة - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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