When I pray, my children play and pass in front of me while I am praying, especially when I try to stop them, they defy me. Is there any sin on me for this, and what breaks a man's prayer?
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The questioner : When I pray, my children play and pass in front of me while I am praying, especially when I try to stop them, they defy me. Is there any sin on me for this? And what breaks a man's prayer?
The Shaykh : Yes, there is no doubt that your prayer while your children are playing, making noise, and talking in front of you is a mistake, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) once prayed while wearing a decorated cloak. He looked at its ornaments, and when he finished the prayer, he said:Mishkat al-Masabih 757.
This indicates that it is not permissible for a person to pray in a state that distracts him from his prayer. So we tell the man: if you want to pray in your house, pray in a room or chamber away from the noise and distraction.
As for what breaks the prayer, nothing breaks the prayer except the passing of a mature woman, or a black dog, or a donkey. Anything else does not break the prayer, but it diminishes it. Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes, there is no doubt that your prayer while your children are playing, making noise, and talking in front of you is a mistake, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) once prayed while wearing a decorated cloak. He looked at its ornaments, and when he finished the prayer, he said:
Take this woollen garment of mine to Abu Jahm and bring me Abu Jahm’s Anbijani* garment, for it has distracted me just now from my prayer.
اذهبوا بخميصتي هذه إلى أبي جهم وأتوني بأنبجانية أبي جهم لأنها ألهتني آنفاً عن صلاتيThis indicates that it is not permissible for a person to pray in a state that distracts him from his prayer. So we tell the man: if you want to pray in your house, pray in a room or chamber away from the noise and distraction.
As for what breaks the prayer, nothing breaks the prayer except the passing of a mature woman, or a black dog, or a donkey. Anything else does not break the prayer, but it diminishes it. Yes.