{"_id":"668da0620b76658b4c2335bf","title":"What should you do if your awrah becomes accidentally exposed during salah?","question":"What should you do if your awrah becomes accidentally exposed during salah? Is your salah invalid? For example, what if a woman's sleeve rides up and exposes her arm, or if a man's shirt rides up his back?","answer":"The jurists are in agreement that the salah becomes invalid when someone intentionally exposes their awrah. When the awrah is unintentionally exposed, they differ on the matter. \nAccording to the Hanafis, if the area exposed is equal to a quarter of the limb (forearm in your example) and it remains exposed for an entire rukn(integral) of salah, like for example, when you rise up from ruku’(bowing), then the salah becomes invalid.\nAccording to the Shafis and Malikis, if any portion of the awrah is exposed, it has to be covered immediately otherwise the salah is invalid. \nLastly, in the Hanbali school, if a small portion of the awrah becomes exposed, it does not invalidate the salah, even if it stays exposed for a long time.\nThat said, as I always advise, we should learn and stick with one madhhab to the best of our ability, and when there is legitimate difficulty, we can look for easier opinions.","tags":[{"_id":"668d9fef0b76658b4c232985","tag":"Salah: Validity","count":156},{"_id":"668d9fde0b76658b4c232779","tag":"Women: Modesty","count":60},{"_id":"668d9fe00b76658b4c2327b5","tag":"Men: Modesty","count":37}],"createdOn":"2024-07-09T20:41:06.200Z"}