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Some MAKROOH ACTS in NAMAAZ are:
1.
Saying NAMAAZ BARE-HEADED due to LAZINESS or CARELESSNESS and to EXPOSE the
ARMS ABOVE the ELBOWS.
2.
PLAYING with CLOTHES or the BODY.
3.
Performing Namaaz in CLOTHES in which people do NOT ORDINARILY LIKE to go OUT.
4.
To dust the floor with one's hands to prevent the soiling of clothes.
5.
Performing Namaaz when one has the URGE to URINATE or PASS STOOL.
6.
To CRACK one's FINGERS or PUTTING of FINGERS of one hand into FINGERS of the other
HAND.
7.
TURNING the FACE away from QIBLA and LOOKING AROUND.
8.
It is MAKROOH for MEN to REST BOTH the ARMS and WRISTS on the GROUND in SAJDAH.
9.
Performing Namaaz when another person FACING him sits AHEAD.
10.YAWNING INTENTIONALLY and NOT PREVENTING it if one CAN do so.
11.CLOSING the EYES, but if it is done to CONCENTRATE in Namaaz, it is ALLOWED.
12.It is Makrooh for a Baalig (mature) person to stand alone behind a Saff (row) when there
is place in the Saff before him.
13.Performing Namaaz in CLOTHES with PICTURES of LIVING OBJECTS on them.
14.Performing Namaaz at a place where there is a PICTURE of a LIVING (animate) object
ABOVE or on the RIGHT or LEFT side of the NAMAAZI or on the place where he makes
SAJDAH.
15.To COUNT Aayats, Suras or Tasbihs on FINGERS in Namaaz.
16.Performing Namaaz with a SHEET or CLOTHES WRAPPED on the BODY in such a way that
it makes it DIFFICULT to FREE the HANDS QUICKLY.
17.To YAWN and STRETCH ARMS to REMOVE LAZINESS.
18.Doing something AGAINST SUNNAT in Namaaz.
Mufsidaat -e- Namaaz
(
Breakers of Namaaz)
MUFSIDAAT-E-NAMAAZ ARE FACTORS WHICH NULLIFY THE PRAYERS (NAMAAZ) AND
MAKE IT NECESSARY TO BE REPEATED.
The following are some of the MUFSIDAAT:
1.
To TALK in Namaaz KNOWINGLY or UNKNOWINGLY, a FEW WORDS or MANY will NULLIFY
the Namaaz.
2.
To GREET a person by Asalamu Alaikum, or by any other method while performing
Namaaz.
3.
To REPLY to GREETINGS or saying Yarhamukallah to one who SNEEZES and saying Ameen
to a DUA NOT CON-NECTED to his Namaaz.
4.
To say Inna Lil Lahi Wa Inna Ilaihi Raajioon on some SAD NEWS or Alhamdulillah or
Subhanallah on hearing some GOOD or STRANGE NEWS.
5.
To make NOISE or say "OH!" or "AAH!" due to PAIN etc.
6.
Correcting the Qiraat of a person other than his own Irnaam.
7.
To RECITE the QURAAN by LOOKING at the TFXT.
8.
To do such an act which gives the IMPRESSION to ONLOOKERS that he is doing
something else, rather than PERFORMING Namaaz. This is called AMALE KATHEER.
9.
EATING or DRINKING KNOWINNGLY or UNKNOWINGLY.
10.To TURN the CHEST away from the QLBLA without an EXCUSE.
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