The Ruling on Speaking During Prayer
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Your Eminence! What is the ruling on the ma'mum saying, when he hears the imam's recitation: "What Allah willed, Blessed is Allah," for fear that he might be struck by the evil eye—during the prayer—Meaning: Perhaps his recitation is distinctive or something like that.
The Shaykh: He says it before joining him.
The questioner: Sometimes it happens spontaneously.
The Shaykh: The spontaneous utterance is something for which a person is not blamed; the spontaneous utterance is not blamed, and a person is not held accountable for it, even if he speaks. If a stone were to fall on a man while he is praying and he says: "Ah, excuse me."
If it is without intention, he owes nothing.
But in any case: The best thing, if a person fears that his eye might strike someone because he admires him, is to say: "Blessed is Allah upon you"; because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to the man who struck his brother with the evil eye: "Why did you not bless him?" As for "What Allah willed, there is no power but in Allah," this is said by: the one who admires his wealth,As the owner of the garden said to his companion, he said: [Al-Kahf: 39] And in the athar: [Whoever sees something he admires in his wealth and says: "What Allah willed, there is no power but in Allah," no harm will strike his wealth] or words to that effect.
The Shaykh: He says it before joining him.
The questioner: Sometimes it happens spontaneously.
The Shaykh: The spontaneous utterance is something for which a person is not blamed; the spontaneous utterance is not blamed, and a person is not held accountable for it, even if he speaks. If a stone were to fall on a man while he is praying and he says: "Ah, excuse me."
If it is without intention, he owes nothing.
But in any case: The best thing, if a person fears that his eye might strike someone because he admires him, is to say: "Blessed is Allah upon you"; because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to the man who struck his brother with the evil eye: "Why did you not bless him?" As for "What Allah willed, there is no power but in Allah," this is said by: the one who admires his wealth,As the owner of the garden said to his companion, he said: