A man in the Zuhr prayer had his handkerchief fall while he was standing, so he bent down and picked it up. Does this movement invalidate his prayer?

The questioner : He says: O esteemed Shaykh, a man in the Zuhr prayer had his handkerchief fall while he was standing, so he bent down and picked it up. Does this movement invalidate his prayer?

The Shaykh : Yes, his prayer is invalidated by this movement, because if he bows and bends until he reaches the limit of bowing, he has added a bowing. However, if he is ignorant, he owes nothing, due to the generality of the saying of Allah the Exalted: Therefore, if a handkerchief or a key falls from you while you are standing in prayer, leave it, leave it until you reach the prostration, or take it with your foot if you are able to stand on one foot. Take it with your foot and grasp it with your hand. As for a person bending down to pick it up from the ground in a bend that is closer to bowing than to standing, this is not permissible. Yes.