Praying with the face covered

Question

If a person prays in such a way that his head and most of his body are covered with a wrap, a blanket or a quilt — as people nowadays pray in the cold wrapped in quilts and the like — is this makruh or not?

Answer

Having most of the body and the head covered causes no deficiency in the prayer. However, praying with the mouth and nose covered is makruh: فيكره التلثم وتغطية الأنف والفم في الصلاة لأنه يشبه فعل المجوس “Veiling the face (talaththum) and covering the nose and mouth in prayer is makruh, because it resembles the practice of the Magians” (“Maraqi al-Falah”, p. 205).

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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