Does inhaling incense invalidate the prayer?

The questioner : The questioner says in his second question: If this substance breaks the fast, does it not also invalidate the prayer if one sniffs it during the prayer, and this is something one cannot avoid?

The Shaykh : Using incense during the prayer is prohibited in itself, even if one does not sniff it. Why? Because it is a movement that is not related to the interest of the prayer, and every movement that is not related to the interest of the prayer is prohibited, and if it is excessive without dire necessity, it invalidates the prayer. Not everything that does not break the fast of the fasting person, or breaks it, invalidates the prayer or does not invalidate it. What has no relation... The important thing is that we say: the fasting person does not use incense at all. I mean, the one praying does not use incense at all, whether he sniffs the incense or not. Yes.

The questioner : Perhaps you mean, may Allah preserve you, that there is the smell of incense in the mosque; does smelling it cause harm?

The Shaykh : No, no, smelling it does not cause harm. Even if a person uses incense, he will have the scent of incense on him, and if he uses perfume, he will have the scent of perfume on him, and that does not cause harm.