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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The ruling on the ma'mum speaking during prayer for the benefit of the prayer

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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is the ruling on the ma'mum speaking in his prayer if the speech is for the benefit of the prayer, such as telling the imam, "Add a rak'ah," for example?

Answer:
No, it is not permissible; the prayer is invalidated. We were commanded regarding intentional speech that it invalidates the prayer. "Stand before your Lord and bow down" [Quran 2:456], so we were commanded to be silent and forbidden from speaking. But he should glorify Allah instead of speaking. If something happens to you in your prayer, the men should glorify Allah and the women should clap.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [3436/2010] حكم كلام المأموم في الصلاة لمصلحة الصلاة - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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