What is the validity of the statement that turning one’s head during prayer invalidates it?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, he says: I read that turning one’s head during prayer invalidates it, but here I heard that it is disliked.
Answer:
Who said it invalidates it? This is the apparent view among the common people. We have not heard anyone say that turning the neck invalidates the prayer; it is disliked, yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, he says: I read that turning one’s head during prayer invalidates it, but here I heard that it is disliked.
Answer:
Who said it invalidates it? This is the apparent view among the common people. We have not heard anyone say that turning the neck invalidates the prayer; it is disliked, yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [261 -582] ما صحة القول: إن الالتفات في الصلاة يبطلها؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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