{"_id":"68ded4c94374f87c42340dcf","title":"{\"format\":\"prosemirror\",\"schemaVersion\":1,\"doc\":{\"type\":\"doc\",\"content\":[{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillBlock\":{},\"quillNewline\":{},\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null},\"content\":[{\"type\":\"text\",\"text\":\"Does turning the chest away from the qiblah during prayer invalidate it in the Shafi'i school?\"}]}]}}","question":"{\"format\":\"prosemirror\",\"schemaVersion\":1,\"doc\":{\"type\":\"doc\",\"content\":[{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillBlock\":{},\"quillNewline\":{},\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null},\"content\":[{\"type\":\"text\",\"text\":\"I was taught that in the Shafi'i school, turning one's chest away from the qiblah invalidates salah. Does this include incidental movement, such as when getting up from the first tashahhud?\"}]}]}}","answer":"{\"format\":\"prosemirror\",\"schemaVersion\":1,\"doc\":{\"type\":\"doc\",\"content\":[{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillBlock\":{},\"quillNewline\":{},\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null},\"content\":[{\"type\":\"text\",\"text\":\"In the Shāfiʿī school, if a person deliberately turns their chest away from the qiblah, the prayer becomes invalid, even if only for a moment. However, if the turning is unintentional, as in your case, and one quickly returns to face the qiblah, the prayer remains valid.\"}]}]}}","tags":[{"_id":"668d9fef0b76658b4c232985","tag":"Salah: Validity","count":167}],"createdOn":"2025-10-02T19:38:49.113Z"}