Is covering the hand prohibited in prayer or before prayer?
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The questioner : In prayer, it is prohibited. Covering the hand outside of prayer... and entering?
The Shaykh : I mean, does your question imply that a person entered with his hand covered, or that he entered and then covered his hand? Is that the question?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : I am asking you?
The questioner : So he covered his hand outside... .
The Shaykh : Fine; whether it is this or that, the first scenario corresponds to another scenario; that is, a man covered his hand and then entered the state of prayer, while another man entered the state of prayer and then covered his hand. There are two scenarios, so you are asking: which one is intended in the hadith?
The questioner : The hadith refers to during the prayer.
The Shaykh : You are asking, my brother, you are asking.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : I am not asking you, aren't you asking this?
The questioner : I am asking, yes.
The Shaykh : The intent of the hadith is that a Muslim should not pray with his hand covered, and likewise with his hair. Whether the covering is before he begins the prayer or during it, in fact, covering during the prayer combines another sin; which is fiddling in the prayer.
Is the answer clear?
The Shaykh : I mean, does your question imply that a person entered with his hand covered, or that he entered and then covered his hand? Is that the question?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : I am asking you?
The questioner : So he covered his hand outside... .
The Shaykh : Fine; whether it is this or that, the first scenario corresponds to another scenario; that is, a man covered his hand and then entered the state of prayer, while another man entered the state of prayer and then covered his hand. There are two scenarios, so you are asking: which one is intended in the hadith?
The questioner : The hadith refers to during the prayer.
The Shaykh : You are asking, my brother, you are asking.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : I am not asking you, aren't you asking this?
The questioner : I am asking, yes.
The Shaykh : The intent of the hadith is that a Muslim should not pray with his hand covered, and likewise with his hair. Whether the covering is before he begins the prayer or during it, in fact, covering during the prayer combines another sin; which is fiddling in the prayer.
Is the answer clear?
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