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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Clearing the throat in prayer to signal: does it invalidate it?

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The questioner : Clearing the throat, O Shaykh, is it considered speech?

The Shaykh : What?

The questioner : If a person clears his throat...

The Shaykh : No, clearing the throat is not speech.

The questioner : ...

The Shaykh : And for this reason, 'Ali ibn Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him) said:
I used to enter upon the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) twice, by night and by day. If I entered upon him and he was praying, he would clear his throat. كان لي مدخلان من رسول صلى الله عليه وسلم فإذا دخلت عليه وهو يصلي تنحنح لي
Musnad Ahmad 608Da'if (Darussalam)
Source alathar.net

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