The Laughing of the One Praying During His Prayer and the Sin That Follows From It
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, this questioner says: Is there a report in the Sunnah that whoever makes a believer laugh during his prayer has made a thousand angels weep, and if that is not authentic, what is the sin that results from it?
Answer:
I do not know of this hadith at all, but it is not permissible for a Muslim to distract his brother from his prayer. It is not permissible for a Muslim to distract his brother from his prayer and disturb him. If the one passing in front of the praying person is prevented from passing and is threatened with severe punishment, then the one who makes him laugh and distracts him from his prayer is even more so, because the passerby may need to pass, but this person has no need for joking, making the praying person laugh, or distracting him from his prayer. So he commits a great sin.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
Honorable Shaykh, this questioner says: Is there a report in the Sunnah that whoever makes a believer laugh during his prayer has made a thousand angels weep, and if that is not authentic, what is the sin that results from it?
Answer:
I do not know of this hadith at all, but it is not permissible for a Muslim to distract his brother from his prayer. It is not permissible for a Muslim to distract his brother from his prayer and disturb him. If the one passing in front of the praying person is prevented from passing and is threatened with severe punishment, then the one who makes him laugh and distracts him from his prayer is even more so, because the passerby may need to pass, but this person has no need for joking, making the praying person laugh, or distracting him from his prayer. So he commits a great sin.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
Source
75-اللقاء الأسبوعي مع الشيخ صالح الفوزان - 24 — archive.org (5:28)
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