Drinking water during prayer out of necessity
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: An elderly man prayed with us, and he was overcome with a cough, so he drank water while praying behind the imam. He was told that this invalidates the prayer, so he said that Allah accepts it. Is his prayer valid, or is he required to repeat it?
Answer:
His prayer is valid, and he drank this water out of necessity, to relieve the choking sensation or to stop the cough, so there is no harm in that. Ibn al-Zubayr used to drink while praying at night; he would drink a little water. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: An elderly man prayed with us, and he was overcome with a cough, so he drank water while praying behind the imam. He was told that this invalidates the prayer, so he said that Allah accepts it. Is his prayer valid, or is he required to repeat it?
Answer:
His prayer is valid, and he drank this water out of necessity, to relieve the choking sensation or to stop the cough, so there is no harm in that. Ibn al-Zubayr used to drink while praying at night; he would drink a little water. Yes.
Source
المنتقى من أخبار سيد المرسلين 25-03-1438هـ — alfawzan.live (1:04:15)
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