The ruling on the prayer of one who interrupted his prayer to kill a scorpion and then continued in it

The questioner:
Hello. Please, Abu Muhammad. Peace be upon you. Peace be upon you.

The Shaykh:
And upon you be peace.

The questioner:
Please, my brother. Shaykh, may Allah bless you. We were praying the 'Isha' prayer in the mosque, and when we stood up for the first rak'ah, we prayed the first rak'ah and stood up for the second, a scorpion came out. I interrupted the prayer and killed it, then I went back and completed the prayer with the imam and said the taslim. Is my prayer valid or not?

The Shaykh:
Did you intend to interrupt the prayer, or did you not intend to? Or did you kill it while you were in prayer? Yes, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered the killing of the snake and the scorpion in prayer. If you did not interrupt your intention in the prayer, your prayer is valid.

The questioner:
I interrupted it, may you live long. I came out of the row and killed the scorpion, and then I went back to the row.

The Shaykh:
Did you interrupt the intention, or did you not interrupt it?

The questioner:
Yes.

The presenter:
The intention, I want to say, perhaps.

The Shaykh:
The prayer.

The questioner:
We were in the prayer, in the second rak'ah, and the scorpion came out, as it was about to bite someone in the row, so I killed it and went back to my place in the row and said the taslim with them.

The Shaykh:
There is no harm in that, but are you still holding onto the intention, or did you interrupt it?

The questioner:
By Allah, I did not interrupt the prayer. I did not interrupt the prayer, I did not speak or do anything.

The Shaykh:
That is fine, you are rewarded, if Allah wills. This is the sunnah (recommended practice) that you kill the two black ones, the snake and the scorpion, in prayer. Yes.