Is My Prayer Invalidated by Swallowing My Saliva Back?

Answered by Ustadh Tabraze Azam

Question: Assalam alaykum

If my saliva happens to exit my mouth and lands on my lips and then that saliva happens to enter my mouth again during the prayer, then is my prayer nullified if I swallow that saliva?

Answer: Assalamu alaikum wa rahmatullah,

No, your prayer is not invalidated by swallowing the saliva on your lips.

This is because the general basis is that if it does not affect the validity of a fast, it does not invalidate your prayer. Hypothetically, if the saliva on your lips was problematic, then you would need to be sure of having swallowed the exact same saliva. In any case, misgivings are to be ignored.

The Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and give him peace) said, “Verily this religion is ease, and nobody makes it difficult except that it overwhelms them.” [Bukhari]

[Ibn `Abidin, Radd al-Muhtar `ala al-Durr al-Mukhtar (1.418)]

Please also see: A Reader on Waswasa (Baseless Misgivings) and: Does Licking My Lips Invalidate My Fast?

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And Allah Most High alone knows best.

wassalam,
[Ustadh] Tabraze Azam

Checked and Approved by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani

Ustadh Tabraze Azam holds a BSc in Computer Science from the University of Leicester, where he also served as the President of the Islamic Society. He memorised the entire Qur’an in his hometown of Ipswich at the tender age of sixteen, and has since studied the Islamic Sciences in traditional settings in the UK, Jordan and Turkey. He is currently pursuing advanced studies in Jordan, where he is presently based with his family.