Is It Permissible to Pray While Wearing Glasses?
Hanafi Fiqh
Answered by Ustadh Sufyan Qufi
Question
Is praying with glasses permissible? What should I do if I have before?
Answer
In the name of Allah, Most Compassionate, Most Merciful,
I pray this finds you in the best of states.
Yes, it is permissible to pray while wearing glasses. [Shurunbulali, Nur al-Idah]
The reason for this ruling is because wearing them doesn’t prevent you from fulfilling any of the conditions for the validity of the prayer nor is it an action that would entail invalidating your prayer. [Shurunbulali, Nur al-Idah]
If the conditions and invalidators of the prayer are not clear to you I invite you to take this free course:
On Worship (Purification, Prayer, Fasting, Zakat, and Hajj): Shurunbulali’s Ascent to Felicity
And Allah knows best.
Wassalam
[Ustadh] Sufyan Qufi
Checked and Approved by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
Ustadh Sufyan Qufi is an advanced seeker of knowledge, originally from Algeria, who grew up in France. He began searching far and wide for answers to the fundamental questions of life and was disappointed at the answers he found.
Then he connected with various traditional teachers and gradually connected with SeekersGuidance. He embarked on his journey of learning through the various teachers at SeekersGuidance, including his mentor Shaykh Faraz Rabbani.
He studied numerous texts in Islamic Law, Theology, Hadith, and other areas with Shaykh Faraz Rabbani and other teachers, including Shaykh Abdurrahman al-Sha‘ar, Shaykh Ali Hani, and others.
He is an active instructor at SeekersGuidance and answers questions through the SeekersGuidance Answers Service.
