Can I Breathe In While Reciting the Quran in Prayer?
Hanafi Fiqh
Answered by Mawlana Ilyas Patel
Question
Is it possible to breathe in while reciting the Quran or other parts of prayer? Also, in a sunna prayer, I doubted that I had read durud sharif twice, so what should I do now?
Answer
In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful and Compassionate.
I pray you are well.
There is no problem breathing while reciting the Quran in prayer.
As you had a doubt only, your prayer is valid. You are certain you recited the blessings on the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) so it will not be removed by having doubts. Because one of the principles in Fiqh is “Certainty is not lifted by a doubt.”
If you are certain you recited it twice, then a forgetfulness prostration (sajdat al-sahw) would have been necessary.
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I pray this helps with your question.
Wassalam,
[Mawlana] Ilyas Patel
Checked and Approved by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
Mawlana Ilyas Patel is a traditionally-trained scholar who has studied in the UK, India, Pakistan, Syria, Jordan, and Turkey. He started his early education in the UK. He went on to complete the hifz of the Quran in India, then enrolled in an Islamic seminary in the UK, where he studied the secular and ‘Aalimiyya sciences. He then traveled to Karachi, Pakistan. He has been an Imam in Rep of Ireland for several years. He has taught hifz of the Quran, Tajwid, Fiqh, and many other Islamic sciences to children and adults onsite and online extensively in the UK and Ireland. He taught at a local Islamic seminary for 12 years in the UK, where he was a librarian and a teacher of Islamic sciences. He currently resides in the UK with his wife. His interest is a love of books and gardening.
