مسائل المنتخبه (Articles Of Islamic Acts) - الخوئي، السيد أبوالقاسم - الصفحة ١٨١ - ORDERS REGARDING QIBLA
PRAYERERS - DRESS
٧٩٦. While offering prayers a man should cover
his private parts even if no one is observing him and it is better that
he should cover his body from his navel up tohis knees.
٧٩٧. A woman should cover her entire body while
offering prayers and she should cover even her head and hair. And the
recommended precaution is that she should also cover the soles of her
feet. It is not necessary for her to cover that part of her face which
is washed while performing ablutions or the hands up to the wrists or
the visible part of the feet up to the ankles. Nevertheless, in order to
ensure that she has covered that part of her body which is obligatory
for her to cover she should also cover a part of the sides of her face
as well as a part of her wrists and some portion of her feet below the
ankles.
٧٩٨. When a person offers the forgotten lapsed
prostration or tashahhud he should cover himself in the same manner in
which he has to cover himself for prayers andthe recommended pre-
caution is that he should also cover himself at the time of offering
sajdahtus sakv.
٧٩٩. If while offering prayers a person does not
cover his private parts intentionally or on account of not knowing the
rule and thus commits fault, his prayers isvoid.
٨٠٠. If a person realizes while offering prayers
that his private parts are visible what is more apparent is that his
prayers is void. However, if he realizes afteroffering prayers that
during the prayers his private parts were visible his prayers is valid.
And the position is the same if he realizes while offering prayers that
earlierhis private parts were naked but are covered at that moment.
٨٠١. If the dress of a person covers his private
parts while he stands but it is possible that it may not cover them in
another posture (e.g. in the state of bowingand prostration) and if he
covers those parts by some means when they are visible his