Covering the face in prayer and 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, or all imitation is forbidden, with some things being disliked as a strong disapproval. Some scholars said this is disliked as a strong disapproval. Therefore, it is disliked in 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, or all imitation is forbidden, with some things being disliked as a strong disapproval. Some scholars said this is disliked as a strong disapproval. Therefore, it is disliked in prayer.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 013 من 123 / شرح كتاب زاد المستقنع / الصلاة / شروط الصلاة / صالح الفوزان / الفقه / كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:13:41)
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