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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Pursuing a snake during prayer and excessive movement

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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: Some snakes are not easily killed; rather, one must pursue and chase them until they are killed. Does this excessive movement break the prayer?

Answer:
No, if he needs to do so to kill it, it does not break his prayer. Yes, because the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him)
He ordered the killing of the two black onesأمر بقتل الأسودين
and did not specify or limit it; this is general. So if killing them requires pursuing and chasing them, there is no harm in that. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 68 من 148|شرح كتاب المنتقى|الصلاة|في أن قتل الحية والعقرب والمشي اليسير للحاجة |صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (42:46)

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