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There are eighteen actions that
invalidate the Prayer:-
1.
To talk whilst
Praying, whether it is deliberate or by mistake, little or a lot. In every case
the Prayer becomes void.
2.
To greet
someone by saying السلام علیکم or similar words.
3.
To reply to
someone’s greeting, to say یَرحَمکُ اللہ after
someone sneezes or to say Ameen
after someone supplicates.
4.
To انا للہ و انا الیہ راجعون after hearing some news, to say سبحاں اللہ or الحمدللہ .
5.
To make sounds
such as ‘ouch’, ‘aaah’ or similar sounds due to pain.
6.
To tell an
Imām’s mistake to anyone except to the Imām.
7.
To recite the
Holy Quran in Prayer by looking at it.
8.
To make a
mistake whilst reciting the Quran in Prayer which results in a change in its
meanings.
9.
To perform
Prayer in a way that gives onlookers the impression that one is not in Prayer.
10.
To eat whilst praying.
11.
To come forward
the distance of two rows whilst praying.
12.
To physically
twist away from the direction of the Holy Kaba.
13.
In the case
that the satr (clothing that covers the body parts which are required to be
covered) falls open, if that much time goes by meanwhile and causes one to miss
an action of Prayer.
14.
To prostrate on
an unclean place.
15.
When
supplicating, to ask Allah for something that is usually asked from people,
such as ‘O Allah, give me a hundred rupees’.
16.
To deliberately
cry in a way that expresses pain or agony in the voice.
17.
To laugh
loudly.
18.
For the
follower to stand in front of the Imām.
In
all the above cases Prayer becomes void and to return the Prayer or to offer it
again becomes necessary.
KHWAJA SHAMSUDDIN AZEEMI
Mehrāj means to enter the world of the unseen. When a believer attains Mehrāj through prayer, Angels appear in front of him. He travels through the Heavens, and through the blessings of the Holy Prophet (pbuh) he comes to know his Lord.
