What is the ruling on passing items during prayer?
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The questioner : Shaykh, what is the ruling on passing items during prayer?
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : What is the ruling on passing items during prayer?
The Shaykh : Passing items?
The questioner : Passing items.
The Shaykh : Yes, indeed.
The questioner : I mean, a small child asks his father to pass him a pen to keep him occupied during prayer, or I see someone sneezing during prayer and needing a handkerchief; is it permissible for me to pass it to him?
The Shaykh : Passing items is a movement during prayer, and movement during prayer for a need is permissible. So, if a child, for example, cries out while he is beside you and you give him something to occupy him, there is no harm. Likewise, if someone beside you needs a handkerchief, or if you yourself need one, there is no harm, because anything done for a need is permissible.
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : What is the ruling on passing items during prayer?
The Shaykh : Passing items?
The questioner : Passing items.
The Shaykh : Yes, indeed.
The questioner : I mean, a small child asks his father to pass him a pen to keep him occupied during prayer, or I see someone sneezing during prayer and needing a handkerchief; is it permissible for me to pass it to him?
The Shaykh : Passing items is a movement during prayer, and movement during prayer for a need is permissible. So, if a child, for example, cries out while he is beside you and you give him something to occupy him, there is no harm. Likewise, if someone beside you needs a handkerchief, or if you yourself need one, there is no harm, because anything done for a need is permissible.