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Covering Body in Namaz
793. While offering prayers, a man should cover his private parts even if no one is looking at him, and preference is that he should also cover his body from the navel up to the knee.
794. A woman should cover her entire body while offering prayers, including her head and hair. It is not necessary for her to cover that part of her face, which is washed while performing Wudhu, or the hands up to the wrists, or the upper feet up to the ankles. Nevertheless, in order to ensure that she has covered the obligatory parts of her body adequately, she should also cover a part of the sides of her face as well as lower part f her wrists and the ankles.
795. When a person offers the forgotten Sajdah or Tashahhud, he should cover himself in the same manner as in prayers, and the obligatory precaution is that he should also cover himself like Namaz in Sajdahtus Sahv.
796. A woman who is offering prayer, is not obliged to cover hair piece or unvisible ornaments (like necklace and bracelet) and face make up (such as eye surmah); but it is obligatory to cover them from non-Mahram persons
797. If while offering prayers, a person does not cover his private parts intentionally, or on account of not having cared to know the rule, his prayers is void, and he should pray again, as an obligatory precaution.
798. If a person realizes while offering prayers, that his private parts are visible, he must cover them and, as an obligatory precaution, he should complete his Namaz and repeat it. But, if he learns after the completion of prayers that his private parts were visible, his prayers would be deemed valid.
799. If the dress of a person covers his private parts while he stands, but it may not cover them in another posture like in Ruku or Sajdah, his Namaz will be valid, if he manages to conceal them by some other means. However, the recommended precaution is that he should not pray in such dress.
800. One is allowed to cover oneself at the time of offering prayers with grass, and the leaves of the trees, but as a recommended precaution, these should be used only when no alternative is available
802. If a person does not have anything with which to cover himself while offering prayers, but has a hope that he may get some cover, then it is better to delay offering the prayers, as an obligatory precaution. However, if he does not get anything, he should offer prayers discharging his obligation at the end bit of the time.