Do disliked movements reach the level of invalidating the prayer?
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The questioner : Do disliked movements reach the level of invalidating the prayer?
The Shaykh : They may reach the level of invalidating the prayer, and that is if they become numerous and consecutive. In that case, they invalidate the prayer. For example: if one moves three times in one rak'ah, three times in the second, three times in the third, and three times in the fourth, that is twelve movements, but since they are scattered, they do not invalidate the prayer because they do not take it out of its proper form. However, if these movements become consecutive within a single rak'ah, they may invalidate the prayer, because they have become continuous and thus taken the prayer out of its proper form.
The Shaykh : They may reach the level of invalidating the prayer, and that is if they become numerous and consecutive. In that case, they invalidate the prayer. For example: if one moves three times in one rak'ah, three times in the second, three times in the third, and three times in the fourth, that is twelve movements, but since they are scattered, they do not invalidate the prayer because they do not take it out of its proper form. However, if these movements become consecutive within a single rak'ah, they may invalidate the prayer, because they have become continuous and thus taken the prayer out of its proper form.