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Acts that are not permissible and shall invalidate prayer

1. Intentional eating or drinking during prayer.

2. Speaking about unrelated issues to the prayer.

3. Intentionally making excessive movements giving the impression that one is not in a prayer.

4. Leaving out one of the prerequisites or fardh acts of prayer.

5. Laughing, and not just smiling, during prayer.

6. Turning the whole body to one side or the other.

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