{"id":40944,"date":"2026-04-08T11:46:57","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T11:46:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/?p=40944"},"modified":"2026-04-08T11:52:45","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T11:52:45","slug":"irregular-movement-of-the-head-during-the-closing-salam-does-it-affect-the-validity-of-salah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/irregular-movement-of-the-head-during-the-closing-salam-does-it-affect-the-validity-of-salah\/","title":{"rendered":"Irregular Movement Of The Head During The Closing Salam \u2013 Does It Affect The Validity of Salah?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong>Fatwa ID: 08859<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong>Answered by: Mufti Sibghat Ullah<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong>Question:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">During the closing salams of salah my head was shaking a bit, it may have gone left to right, instead of turning slowly and constantly. Is the salah valid?<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong>In the name of Allah, the <\/strong><strong>Most Gracious, the Most Merciful<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong>Answer:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">During the\u00a0tasleem (salams)\u00a0at the end of salah, the correct method is to\u00a0turn the head to the right and then left and say:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">\u0627\u0644\u0633\u0644\u0627\u0645 \u0639\u0644\u064a\u0643\u0645 \u0648\u0631\u062d\u0645\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0644\u0647<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">The\u00a0movement should be calm and deliberate, ideally turning the\u00a0face\u00a0and not just the eyes or neck. However, unintentional shaking\u00a0of the head\u00a0will not invalidate\u00a0the salah<a href=\"#_edn1\" name=\"_ednref1\">[i]<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong>References:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"#_ednref1\" name=\"_edn1\">[i]<\/a> Radd ul Muk\u1e25tar, Volume 1, Book of salah. Chapter of things that invalidate salah, page 673.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">\u00a0\u0627\u0644\u062d\u0631\u0643\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u062a\u0648\u0627\u0644\u064a\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0643\u062b\u064a\u0631\u0629 \u0644\u063a\u064a\u0631 \u0636\u0631\u0648\u0631\u0629 \u062a\u0628\u0637\u0644 \u0627\u0644\u0635\u0644\u0627\u0629\u060c \u0623\u0645\u0627 \u0627\u0644\u062d\u0631\u0643\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0642\u0644\u064a\u0644\u0629 \u0623\u0648 \u0627\u0644\u062d\u0631\u0643\u0629 \u063a\u064a\u0631 \u0645\u062a\u0648\u0627\u0644\u064a\u0629 \u0641\u0644\u0627 \u062a\u0628\u0637\u0644 \u0627\u0644\u0635\u0644\u0627\u0629 \u0628\u0647\u0627<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Excessive continuous movement without necessity invalidates the prayer. However, a small movement or movement that is not consecutive does not invalidate the prayer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Only Allah knows best.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Written by Mufti Sibghat Ullah<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Checked and approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Darul Ifta Birmingham<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fatwa ID: 08859 &nbsp; &nbsp; Answered by: Mufti Sibghat Ullah &nbsp; Question: &nbsp; During the closing salams of salah my head was shaking a bit,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[14],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40944"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40944"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40944\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40953,"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40944\/revisions\/40953"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40944"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40944"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}