The obligatory movement.
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The Shaykh : Movement is obligatory if the validity of the prayer depends on it.
Pay attention to the criterion: movement is obligatory if the validity of the prayer depends on it.
That is, if leaving off the movement invalidates the prayer, then the movement is obligatory in that case.
Let us give examples of this:
A man was praying in a direction other than the qiblah, so another man came to him and said, "The qiblah is to your right." Here, he must turn to the right, because if he remained in his original direction, his prayer would be invalid, so he must face the right.
Another example: he remembered while praying that there is ritual impurity in his head covering. Here, he must move to remove the head covering. The parallel to this is what.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : continues.
We say of this: it is an obligatory movement.
Pay attention to the criterion: movement is obligatory if the validity of the prayer depends on it.
That is, if leaving off the movement invalidates the prayer, then the movement is obligatory in that case.
Let us give examples of this:
A man was praying in a direction other than the qiblah, so another man came to him and said, "The qiblah is to your right." Here, he must turn to the right, because if he remained in his original direction, his prayer would be invalid, so he must face the right.
Another example: he remembered while praying that there is ritual impurity in his head covering. Here, he must move to remove the head covering. The parallel to this is what
The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did this when Jibril came to him and informed him that there was something harmful in his sandals, so he removed them.
فعله الرسول صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ حين جاءه جبريل فأخبره أن في نعليه أذى فخلعهماThe questioner : ...
The Shaykh : continues.
We say of this: it is an obligatory movement.