Ans. These are the following:
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Sadl
which means leaving the clothes loose and hanging from the body,
such as, leaving the two sides of a sheet of cloth hanging from
the head or putting the coat etc., on the shoulders without putting
the hands into its sleeves ;
-
helping oneself with one’s clothes to keep them
from soil or mind;
-
sporting with one’s body or clothes;
-
going to offer salat with shabby clothes on, such
as one would not like to wear in a social gathering;
-
putting in one’s mouth some coin etc. although
it does not completely block one’s mouth in recitation ; (if, however,
the mouth gets blocked, the Salat will not be acceptable at all).
-
offering Salat without the cap on the head out
of sheer carelessness and indolence;
-
offering Salat while one is feeling an urgent call
f nature;
-
gathering the hair and forming a pigtail of it
on the head;
-
removing the pebbles from under the feet; (but
if one finds it difficult even to lay the forehead on the ground
for prostration, they may be removed in one effort.)
-
struggling with one’s fingers or intercrossing
the fingers of the two hands;
-
placing the hand on the back on either side of
the body or on the hips;
-
scanning this side or that with or without turning
the face from Qiblah;
-
sitting like a dog, i.e., sitting with thighs upwards
and touching the belly, while the knees kiss the chest and the hands
rest on the ground;
-
a male worshiper’s placing the two wrists on the
ground in prostration;
-
facing in prayer a person who is sitting with his
face turned towards the worshipper;
-
acknowledging greeting by a nod of the head or
the waving of the hand;
-
sitting with legs crossed without any excuse or
compulsion;
-
deliberate yawning, or not controlling the yawn
when one is in a position to do so;
-
closing the eyes( but it is permissible if it is
for purposes of concentration in prayer);
-
for the head of the prayer to stand under the arch
(but there would be nothing wrong if the feet are outside the arch);
-
for the head of prayer alone to stand on a raised
(one arm-high) place but it is permissible if some of those following
him in prayer also share that raised platform);
-
standing alone in a back row although room in the
front row is not yet exhausted.
-
Saying prayers wearing clothes that bear the image
of some animate object;
-
Offering prayer at a place which has picture or
pictures on one or more sides of it or over the head of the worshipper;
-
Counting on fingers the verses or chapters of the
Qur-an or the formula recited
during the prayer;
-
Offering prayer with a shawl or piece of cloth
wrapped in such a way that the movement of the hands of the worshipper
is hampered;
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Stretching the hands or twisting the body in order
to fight indolence in prayer;
-
Laying the forehead and nose in sijdah
on the rolls of the turban;
-
Doing things against the precepts of the Prophet
(peace be on him) in the prayer.
