Dozing off in prostration and its effect on the ablution
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Question:
May Allah keep you safe, Your Eminence the Shaykh. Some people, especially in the Fajr prayer, when they prostrate, may doze off for a moment. What is the ruling on the ablution and the prayer in such cases?
Answer:
Correct. If he knows that his consciousness has completely departed, and he slept a strange sleep, then it is different. Otherwise, the default is that it is just drowsiness. Yes.
May Allah keep you safe, Your Eminence the Shaykh. Some people, especially in the Fajr prayer, when they prostrate, may doze off for a moment. What is the ruling on the ablution and the prayer in such cases?
Answer:
Correct. If he knows that his consciousness has completely departed, and he slept a strange sleep, then it is different. Otherwise, the default is that it is just drowsiness. Yes.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم [ برنامج إذاعي ]، بداية من أبواب نواقض الوضوء — islamhouse.com (11:50)
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