Blowing during prayer

Sa'id bin Jubayr said: To me, blowing (to clear something away) in prayer and speaking are the same. He said: Blowing in prayer is equivalent to speaking.

Ibrahim used to dislike blowing (to clear something away) in prayer. He said: Brush it away with your garment or your sleeve, but blowing is disliked.

Ibn Abi al-Hudhayl said: "To prostrate on heated stones is better in my view than to remove something by blowing in prayer."

Abdullah bin Abi al-Hudhayl said: "That I should place my forehead on a burning coal until it goes out is dearer to me than that I should blow in my prayer and then prostrate."

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: "Removing something from the mouth by blowing in prayer is equivalent to speaking."

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: "Removing something from the mouth by blowing in prayer is speech; it breaks the prayer."

Ata considered it disliked (makruh) to remove something by blowing in prayer.

Makhul used to consider it disliked (makruh) to remove something by blowing in prayer.

Abu Abd al-Rahman considered it disliked (makruh) to remove something by blowing in prayer.

Ibn Buraydah said: "It used to be said that it is a part of coarseness for a man to remove something by blowing in his prayer."

Sufyan al-Usfuri said: "I prayed in the room of al-Sha'bi, and I removed something from my mouth by blowing. He forbade me and said: 'If you notice something like that, wipe it away with your hand.'"

Abu Salih said: "A relative of Sayyidah Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her) removed something by blowing during prayer, so Sayyidah Umm Salamah said: 'Do not do that, for the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to a black slave of ours named Rabah: "O Rabah, rub your face in the dust."'"

Yahya bin Abi Kathir considered it disliked (makruh) to remove something by blowing in prayer.