Smiling during namaz

[blushing_vision]

if we smile during our prayers can we continue or have to start the prayer all over again?

[Captain1]

Re: Smiling during namaz

continue your prayer as long as you understand/know what you are doing/saying during salat. laughing out loud nullifies your prayer.

[Sadiyah]

Re: Smiling during namaz

Similing does not invalidate prayer; however, laughing/giggling does.

Ibn Qudaamah said: Ibn al-Mundhir said: They were unanimously agreed that laughing invalidates prayer, and most of the scholars said that smiling does not invalidate prayer. Al-Mughni, part 1, p. 394

Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah said: as for smiling, it does not invalidate prayer, but if one giggles in prayer then that invalidates it. Al-Fataawa al-Kubra, part 2, p. 227

Source: Ruling on smiling during prayer