What is the ruling on suppressing a yawn during prayer?
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The questioner : Someone else. Regarding yawning during prayer, is it obligatory for the one praying to suppress it, just as it is obligatory for him outside of prayer in this case?
The Shaykh : And that is suppressing it? Of course, it is necessary.
The questioner: If he places his hand, for example, or something from his garment, like that.
The Shaykh : It is as stated in the hadith: There is no difference in this between prayer and outside of prayer, other than that.
The Shaykh : And that is suppressing it? Of course, it is necessary.
The questioner: If he places his hand, for example, or something from his garment, like that.
The Shaykh : It is as stated in the hadith:
If he cannot suppress it with his mouth, then with his hand,
إذا لم يستطع أن يكظم بفمه فبيده،
Source
سلسلة الهدى والنور، رقم 944 في قناة «تسجيلات الإمام الألباني - محمد أبو ليلى الأثري» — youtube.com (1:11:25)
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