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1057 If a women is reading Namaz and her scarf falls off does her Namaz break?
Satr-e-Aurat refers to the covering of those parts of the body which are Fard (Compulsory) to be covered by women. The whole body of a woman except for the face, hands and feet is her Satr.

In Salah, If any parts of the body which is Fard to be covered, gets exposed less than one quarter in prayer, the prayer will be in order providing it is immediately covered. If the part remains exposed for such a while that one could say “Subhaan Allah” thrice or one deliberately exposed it though was immediately covered, the prayer would become void.

If one begins offering prayer with a part of the body exposed (1/4th), meaning if one says “Al-Laahu Akbar” in this state, his/her prayer will not start at all.

It is important also to remember that if a woman offered prayer whilst wearing a transparent piece of cloth on her head, such that the blackness of her hair reflects through, her prayer would not be valid. Furthermore this also applies to clothing worn causing the body to reflect through. Unfortunately most women are unaware of this issue resulting in their prayers being void.

Moving back to your question; if the head scarf fall off your head then the prayer would be void and have to be repeated, as more than a quarter of the area is exposed.

(Answered by: Hafiz Mohammed Akhtar)
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