The person's distance from everything that distracts him in his prayer.

The Shaykh : And His saying, Mighty and Majestic: It is possible that "until" here is for the purpose of causation, and it is possible that it is for the purpose of a limit. If it is for causation, the meaning is: do not approach the prayer while you are intoxicated, in order that you may know what you are saying, because the intoxicated person, may Allah protect us from that, does not know what he is saying. If it is for a limit, the meaning is: do not approach the prayer until you become sober and the intoxication leaves you, so that you know what you are saying. And "until" in the Arabic language comes for a limit and for causation. An example of it for a limit is the statement of the Children of Israel to Aaron: meaning, we are worshipping the calf, what? meaning, until Moses returns to us. And an example of it for causation is the statement of the hypocrites: meaning, in order that they may disperse from him if they do not find anyone to spend on them. In any case, the verse with us is possible to be for causation and possible to be for a limit. And in this is evidence that it is obligatory for the one who prays to distance himself from everything that distracts him from his prayer. And so, when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) prayed in his khamisah, which is a striped garment, and he looked at it once during his prayer, then he turned away from his prayer and said: which is a thick cloak that does not distract the one who prays. So that indicates that it is obligatory for a person to distance himself from everything that distracts him in his prayer. Are you with us? Good. If he finds something that distracts him from his prayer and it overcomes the prayer or most of it, the scholars, may Allah have mercy on them, differed: is the prayer invalid or not invalid? Some of them say: it is invalid, because the essence of the prayer and the spirit of the prayer is humility, which is the presence of the heart. So if he prays without the presence of the heart, that is a prayer without spirit. It is merely movements. And the majority of the people of knowledge said: the prayer does not become invalid even if he is distracted. They argued with the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) about Satan: . And this indicates that waswas, meaning the intrusive thoughts in the prayer, do not invalidate it. But without a doubt, they diminish it greatly. So try, my brother, if the door of intrusive thoughts opens to you while you are praying, to close it and turn to your prayer.