The ruling on belching and yawning in prayer
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, what is the ruling on the belching that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) disliked, or is it permissible? Yes.
The Shaykh:
Yes, I did not understand.
The questioner:
If a person belches during the prayer, does it invalidate the prayer?
The Shaykh:
It does not invalidate the prayer. If a person belches, his prayer is not invalidated, but he must suppress it as much as he can. If he cannot, he places his hand over his mouth and does not make a sound, unlike some of the common people and the ignorant who may harm those next to them with the smell of their belching. Rather, he suppresses it as much as he can. If it overcomes him, he places his hand or the edge of his garment over his mouth in order to prevent the smell and sound, and he softens it as much as he can. As for the issue of ablution or the invalidation of the prayer, it is not invalidated by that. Sleeping without one’s choice? Yes.
Like yawning, it does not invalidate the prayer, but he is commanded to suppress it as much as he can. If he cannot, he places his hand over his mouth. Yes. And raising the head. You do not raise the head. Because it is forbidden to raise the head in prayer toward the sky. It is forbidden to raise the head in prayer toward the sky. And if he is short and the one next to him is taller than him, he raises his head in his view. So he suppresses it and does not raise his head. He suppresses it, places the edge of his garment or his shemagh over his mouth, and suppresses it.
Honorable Shaykh, what is the ruling on the belching that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) disliked, or is it permissible? Yes.
The Shaykh:
Yes, I did not understand.
The questioner:
If a person belches during the prayer, does it invalidate the prayer?
The Shaykh:
It does not invalidate the prayer. If a person belches, his prayer is not invalidated, but he must suppress it as much as he can. If he cannot, he places his hand over his mouth and does not make a sound, unlike some of the common people and the ignorant who may harm those next to them with the smell of their belching. Rather, he suppresses it as much as he can. If it overcomes him, he places his hand or the edge of his garment over his mouth in order to prevent the smell and sound, and he softens it as much as he can. As for the issue of ablution or the invalidation of the prayer, it is not invalidated by that. Sleeping without one’s choice? Yes.
Like yawning, it does not invalidate the prayer, but he is commanded to suppress it as much as he can. If he cannot, he places his hand over his mouth. Yes. And raising the head. You do not raise the head. Because it is forbidden to raise the head in prayer toward the sky. It is forbidden to raise the head in prayer toward the sky. And if he is short and the one next to him is taller than him, he raises his head in his view. So he suppresses it and does not raise his head. He suppresses it, places the edge of his garment or his shemagh over his mouth, and suppresses it.
Source
شرح بلوغ المرام من أدلة الأحكام [ صالح الفوزان ]، تابع باب نواقض الوضوء - 2 — islamhouse.com (47:58)
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