Covering the face in prayer
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Question:
This is a request from you for advice for some of the young men who cover their faces in prayer with the shemagh or the ghutrah, or let the shemagh hang down over their faces so that people do not see them.
Answer:
It is permissible to cover the face out of necessity. It is permissible to cover the face out of necessity. If he has an illness, or if he has a smell he wants to reduce for the people, or if the covering is out of necessity, or if he is suffering from a cold or a flu, there is nothing wrong with that. As for covering the face without necessity, it is disliked. It is disliked in prayer, and likewise covering the face is disliked in prayer. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
This is a request from you for advice for some of the young men who cover their faces in prayer with the shemagh or the ghutrah, or let the shemagh hang down over their faces so that people do not see them.
Answer:
It is permissible to cover the face out of necessity. It is permissible to cover the face out of necessity. If he has an illness, or if he has a smell he wants to reduce for the people, or if the covering is out of necessity, or if he is suffering from a cold or a flu, there is nothing wrong with that. As for covering the face without necessity, it is disliked. It is disliked in prayer, and likewise covering the face is disliked in prayer. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Source
لقاء مفتوح [الزلفي] — alfawzan.live (54:44)
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