the yawn, there is nothing wrong with that. But without a reason, it is disliked. If there is an offensive smell around him that troubles him during the prayer, and he needs to cover his mouth and nose, that is permissible because of the need. Likewise, if he has a cold and develops an allergy when he does not cover his mouth and nose, this too is a need that permits him to do so.

“And gathering up and rolling his sleeves …”

His statement, “and gathering up and rolling his sleeves,” means that it is disliked for a person to gather up his sleeves during the prayer or to roll them up.

Gathering up a sleeve means pulling it up so that it rises; rolling it up means folding it so that it rises. Our jurists said: There is no difference between doing this at the time of prayer for the sake of prayer, and doing it for some work before the prayer (1). Thus, if he had been working and had gathered up or rolled up his sleeves, then came to pray, we say to him: Let down your sleeve and undo the roll.

The evidence is the statement of the Messenger ﷺ: “I have been commanded to prostrate upon seven bones, and not to gather up hair or clothing” (2). They said: His prohibition encompasses gathering up all of one’s garment, such as gathering it from below, or gathering part of it, such as the sleeves. If only the author had mentioned gathering up one’s garment, so that it would accord with the wording of the hadith. For it is disliked to gather up the garment by raising it from below, and likewise to roll it up by folding it until he ties it around his stomach. All of this is disliked on account of the hadith, and because it is not part of adorning oneself properly. For proper adornment, in people’s view, is for one’s garment to hang loose and not be gathered up. Moreover, a person may do this out of haughtiness, lest