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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The Ruling on Smiling in Prayer

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Question:
Regarding smiling during the prayer, if a person remembers a situation, does the prayer become invalid?

Answer:
No, the prayer does not become invalid by smiling. It becomes invalid if one laughs out loud, for that involves two letters. As for mere smiling, this does not affect the prayer. Yes.
Source نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/133 — archive.org (4:55)

The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.

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