---
layout: post
publisher: alsalafiyyah@icloud.com
title: "The ruling on smiling during Salah"
hijri: "Rabi' Al-Thani 02, 1442"
date: 2020-11-17
lang: en
note: false
locale: en
active: audios
category: [fatwas,audios]
url: "https://binbaz.org.sa/fatwas/8749/%D8%AD%D9%83%D9%85-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%A8%D8%B3%D9%85-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B5%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%A9"
mp3: https://files.zadapps.info/binbaz.org.sa/fatawa/nour_3la_aldarb/nour_323/32309.mp3
excerpt: "Smiling does not invalidate Salah but laughing with sound does. Also, if a person deliberately talks during Salah while knowing that doing so is Haram (prohibited), the Salah is invalidated."
muftis:
  shaykh: 
    - name: Shaykh Abdul-Aziz ibn Baz
      url: /biography/binbaz/
---

### Question:
Does smiling during Salah (Prayer) invalidate it ? 

### Answer:
Smiling does not invalidate Salah but laughing with sound does. Also, if a person deliberately talks during Salah while knowing that doing so is Haram (prohibited), the Salah is invalidated.