فصل [فيما يستحب وما يفسد وما لا يفسد]

يسْتَحبّيسْتَحبّis recommendedContextual gloss

It is recommended that the worshipper’s gaze in standing be towards his prostration place, in bowing towards his toes, in prostration towards the tip of his nose, in sitting towards his lap, at the first salām towards his right shoulder, at the second towards his left shoulder.

ولاولاand notContextual gloss

He does not turn his head about.

ولاولاand notContextual gloss

He does not fidget with his garment or his limb.

ويكرهويكرهit is dislikedContextual gloss

Closing the eyes tightly is disliked.

ويكرهويكرهit is dislikedContextual gloss

It is disliked to beat the imām in actions, count verses and tasbīḥs, or carry something in hand or mouth.

وتطويلوتطويلand lengtheningContextual gloss

The imām lengthening bowing for someone inside whom he knows [is waiting]—except recitation—is [disliked].

ويكرهويكرهit is dislikedContextual gloss

Beginning prayer while needing the lavatory is disliked.

وتكرهوتكرهit is dislikedContextual gloss

Praying alone behind the row is disliked however much space he finds.

ولوولوand ifContextual gloss

If he prays in a pure place of a bathhouse with no [living] image in it, it is not disliked.

وتكرهوتكرهit is dislikedContextual gloss

Recitation in the bathhouse aloud is disliked, not quietly.

وتكرهوتكرهit is dislikedContextual gloss

An image of a living being in any direction of the worshipper is disliked except effaced of head or very small.

ولوولوand ifContextual gloss

If he faces a heating oven or a brazier with fire, it is disliked—unlike a candle, lamp, muṣḥaf, sword, and the like.

والعملوالعملand actionContextual gloss

Much action breaks prayer: what cannot be done without two hands; the chosen view is what lets an observer judge he is not in prayer.

ومَنومَنand whoeverContextual gloss

Whoever prays in open land sets before him a screen at least a forearm thick upward from finger thickness; he draws near and aligns it with one eyebrow; throwing [a line] or drawing is not considered.

ويأثمويأثمincurs sinContextual gloss

Passing through his prostration place in open land and the large congregational mosque is sinful; the passer is warded off if he has no screen, or if someone passes between him and it with a gesture or tasbīḥ—and not warded off with those two alone.

وإنوإنand ifContextual gloss

If he clears his throat without excuse and articulated letters, [the prayer] is void; with excuse—no: like sneezing and yawning even if letters occur.