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What is prayer theft and how does it happen?
I read a hadith of our Master the Prophet about the theft of prayers. What exactly does this theft entail? I take care to slow myself down in my prayers, but sometimes we may have to do it fast during breaks, during travel, and especially when praying alone at home these days. Even when I read fast, I try to pronounce all the letters correctly and read with tajvid. Will I be a prayer thief?
Prayer theft should be understood especially through TA'DIL AL-ARKAN. It can be understood as waiting until he says SUBHANELLAH when he gets up from ruku', then going to prostration and waiting at the same rate between two prostrations. The fact that the recitation is fast does not mean that as long as the reading is understood.
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