How many movements invalidate the prayer?
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The questioner : How many movements invalidate the prayer?
The Shaykh : There is no specific number. Rather, it is the movement that contradicts the prayer, such that if this man were seen, it would be said that he is not in prayer. This is what invalidates it. For this reason, the scholars (may Allah have mercy on them) defined it by custom, saying that if movements become numerous and continuous, they invalidate the prayer, without specifying a particular number.
The specification by some scholars of three movements requires evidence, because whoever specifies something with a specific number or a specific manner must have evidence for it; otherwise, he becomes one who imposes his own will upon the Shari'ah of Allah. Yes.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : There is no specific number. Rather, it is the movement that contradicts the prayer, such that if this man were seen, it would be said that he is not in prayer. This is what invalidates it. For this reason, the scholars (may Allah have mercy on them) defined it by custom, saying that if movements become numerous and continuous, they invalidate the prayer, without specifying a particular number.
The specification by some scholars of three movements requires evidence, because whoever specifies something with a specific number or a specific manner must have evidence for it; otherwise, he becomes one who imposes his own will upon the Shari'ah of Allah. Yes.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.