What should one do if he is unable to perform any of the obligatory verbal acts?
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The questioner : Shaykh, if one is unable to perform the obligatory verbal acts...
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : If one is unable to perform any of the obligatory verbal acts of the prayer because he is prevented by a sneeze or a yawn, what should he do, and he has already begun the place for it?
The Shaykh : Praise be to Allah. When the sneeze and coughing stop, he performs it.
The questioner : ... it remains pending ...
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner : Does it remain pending during the transition, or does it drop off when he finishes this transition? I mean, sometimes when he says the takbir, he is overcome by a sneeze or a yawn.
The Shaykh : Very well.
The questioner : So what does he do? Does he go back...
The Shaykh : But when does he say the takbir? The takbir of ihram, you mean?
The questioner : No, like the obligatory acts that are the transitions.
The Shaykh : Very well.
The questioner : ... for example, he is overcome by a yawn.
The Shaykh : We say that if he is overcome by a cough, a yawn, or a sneeze when he wants to bow, he waits until he says the takbir; this is necessary.
The questioner : He waits while bent over somewhat.
The Shaykh : Huh?
The questioner : He waits while bent over somewhat, and he has already begun the...
The Shaykh : I mean, did it happen to him after he had finished?
The questioner : Yes, after he had finished.
The Shaykh : It appears that it drops off from him here because he was unable to perform it.
The questioner : He does not perform it after he has reached...
The Shaykh : He does not perform it...
The questioner : Shaykh?
The Shaykh : Yes.
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : If one is unable to perform any of the obligatory verbal acts of the prayer because he is prevented by a sneeze or a yawn, what should he do, and he has already begun the place for it?
The Shaykh : Praise be to Allah. When the sneeze and coughing stop, he performs it.
The questioner : ... it remains pending ...
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner : Does it remain pending during the transition, or does it drop off when he finishes this transition? I mean, sometimes when he says the takbir, he is overcome by a sneeze or a yawn.
The Shaykh : Very well.
The questioner : So what does he do? Does he go back...
The Shaykh : But when does he say the takbir? The takbir of ihram, you mean?
The questioner : No, like the obligatory acts that are the transitions.
The Shaykh : Very well.
The questioner : ... for example, he is overcome by a yawn.
The Shaykh : We say that if he is overcome by a cough, a yawn, or a sneeze when he wants to bow, he waits until he says the takbir; this is necessary.
The questioner : He waits while bent over somewhat.
The Shaykh : Huh?
The questioner : He waits while bent over somewhat, and he has already begun the...
The Shaykh : I mean, did it happen to him after he had finished?
The questioner : Yes, after he had finished.
The Shaykh : It appears that it drops off from him here because he was unable to perform it.
The questioner : He does not perform it after he has reached...
The Shaykh : He does not perform it...
The questioner : Shaykh?
The Shaykh : Yes.