The ruling on breaking the prayer for a dire necessity
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: Is it permissible for me to break the prayer if there is something of dire necessity?
Answer:
If you see a person facing danger, such as a blind man with fire or a pit in front of him, you break the prayer to save him. It is permissible to break the prayer to save a protected person, meaning one whose blood is protected, if you see a person facing danger. And if you do not help him and he falls into the danger, you break the prayer for that purpose. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: Is it permissible for me to break the prayer if there is something of dire necessity?
Answer:
If you see a person facing danger, such as a blind man with fire or a pit in front of him, you break the prayer to save him. It is permissible to break the prayer to save a protected person, meaning one whose blood is protected, if you see a person facing danger. And if you do not help him and he falls into the danger, you break the prayer for that purpose. Yes.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، أول كتاب الإيلاء — islamhouse.com (45:57)
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