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Lifting one's foot during salaah

· 19 Safar 1440 AH1 min readEnglish

Question

I read somewhere that you cannot lift your foot in prayer and it invalidates the prayer. But when I stand up from the sitting or prostration posture, I need to adjust my feet so that I am again facing qibla directly (my body seems to be a bit lost of the previous position). I heard it invalidates prayer. Hence if I am very slightly not facing qibla, I would just not lift my feet to adjust it. What should I do?

Answer

You can drag your foot on the ground without raising it.

And Allah Ta'ala (الله تعالى) knows best.

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Q: But sometimes this is not possible, e.g. if the two feet are not parallel or following the congregation row I have to lift it up to move otherwise it is very complicated to drag. Could you please advice a more doable solution?

A: You can gently move the feet.

And Allah Ta'ala (الله تعالى) knows best.

Answered by:

Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)

Answered by
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)
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