[Q 482] Ruling on Hiccups During Salah

QUESTION:

Salaam doing hiccups in salah?
Whats hukm?
So if hiccups stops you from reciting for more than 3 then its fine but you can pray after it stops

ANSWER:

Having hiccups during Salah does not affect the prayer in any way. Neither does it break the Salah, nor does it make it Makrooh (disliked), even if the hiccups cause a pause equal to the duration of saying سبحٰن اللہ three times. This is because hiccups are an involuntary action over which a person has no control.

(Allah knows best and His Messenger knows best what is correct).

Answered by: Usman Madani (AskMufti Scholar)
Translated answer
Date: 28th October 2025