A man who wails in his prayer: does his prayer become invalid?
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The questioner : If the brother wails.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : What?
The Shaykh : Wailing. Wailing means crying with a voice.
The questioner : Do you remember the transmission?
The Shaykh : Does the prayer become invalid or not? Absolutely. In any case, when does it happen? Yes, we add
The questioner : If the crying overcomes him, or rather, if his intense fear of Allah the Exalted, or his intense longing for Him, causes him to cry, then it does not invalidate it.
The Shaykh : If the cause is other than the fear of Allah, then it invalidates it. It does not invalidate it absolutely.
The questioner : If he recites it.
The Shaykh : If it overcomes him, it does not invalidate it; if it does not overcome him, absolutely not.
The questioner : If we separate the two letters.
The Shaykh : If two letters are separated. These are two opinions of the scholars. Absolutely.
The questioner : I say the feminine form.
The Shaykh : According to the opinion of the one who calls it weak.
The questioner : If he does not sleep.
The Shaykh : A good poet.
The questioner : If two letters are separated, they are pronounced according to the length of the compound. But.
The Shaykh : Absolutely, it invalidates it. The question now.
The questioner : Let us look at it.
The Shaykh : What is the detail?
The questioner : If it overcomes his age.
The Shaykh : We have finished with the matter of being overcome. Being overcome: any matter that overcomes a person, he is not held accountable for it.
The questioner : Let us go out.
The Shaykh : We complete the matter other than need. Is wailing in a state of need?
The questioner : Like this, let us prepare.
The Shaykh : If it was other than the fear of Allah, then which category? Yes.
The questioner : The fear of Allah is three.
The Shaykh : Then it does not invalidate it, correct. So, wailing, if it is something he is overcome by, and likewise everything the author mentioned, such as a cough, if a cough comes upon him involuntarily, if the cough overcomes him, and likewise these sounds do not harm. Wailing, if it is something he is overcome by, does not invalidate the prayer. And if it is not something he is overcome by, meaning he can prevent it, then if it is due to the fear of Allah, or if it is for something else, such as being informed of the death of his son or something similar, and he cries, then it invalidates the prayer, because this is a matter not related to the prayer. And if he is the one who brings it on himself, weeping in his prayer, the scholars differed on this. Some said that the prayer is invalidated, and on this view, those who weep in the standing prayer of Ramadan have invalid prayers, because they are the ones who invoke the crying. The second opinion is that it is disliked and does not invalidate the prayer,
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : What?
The Shaykh : Wailing. Wailing means crying with a voice.
The questioner : Do you remember the transmission?
The Shaykh : Does the prayer become invalid or not? Absolutely. In any case, when does it happen? Yes, we add
The questioner : If the crying overcomes him, or rather, if his intense fear of Allah the Exalted, or his intense longing for Him, causes him to cry, then it does not invalidate it.
The Shaykh : If the cause is other than the fear of Allah, then it invalidates it. It does not invalidate it absolutely.
The questioner : If he recites it.
The Shaykh : If it overcomes him, it does not invalidate it; if it does not overcome him, absolutely not.
The questioner : If we separate the two letters.
The Shaykh : If two letters are separated. These are two opinions of the scholars. Absolutely.
The questioner : I say the feminine form.
The Shaykh : According to the opinion of the one who calls it weak.
The questioner : If he does not sleep.
The Shaykh : A good poet.
The questioner : If two letters are separated, they are pronounced according to the length of the compound. But.
The Shaykh : Absolutely, it invalidates it. The question now.
The questioner : Let us look at it.
The Shaykh : What is the detail?
The questioner : If it overcomes his age.
The Shaykh : We have finished with the matter of being overcome. Being overcome: any matter that overcomes a person, he is not held accountable for it.
The questioner : Let us go out.
The Shaykh : We complete the matter other than need. Is wailing in a state of need?
The questioner : Like this, let us prepare.
The Shaykh : If it was other than the fear of Allah, then which category? Yes.
The questioner : The fear of Allah is three.
The Shaykh : Then it does not invalidate it, correct. So, wailing, if it is something he is overcome by, and likewise everything the author mentioned, such as a cough, if a cough comes upon him involuntarily, if the cough overcomes him, and likewise these sounds do not harm. Wailing, if it is something he is overcome by, does not invalidate the prayer. And if it is not something he is overcome by, meaning he can prevent it, then if it is due to the fear of Allah, or if it is for something else, such as being informed of the death of his son or something similar, and he cries, then it invalidates the prayer, because this is a matter not related to the prayer. And if he is the one who brings it on himself, weeping in his prayer, the scholars differed on this. Some said that the prayer is invalidated, and on this view, those who weep in the standing prayer of Ramadan have invalid prayers, because they are the ones who invoke the crying. The second opinion is that it is disliked and does not invalidate the prayer,
Source
قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، 2112رجلٌ انتحبَ في صَلاتِه، هل تَبْطُل صلاتُه📔 الشرح الممتع على زاد المستقنع - ابن عثيمين — youtube.com
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