The ruling on one who is afflicted with ritual impurity while praying
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, if a person is afflicted with ritual impurity while he is praying, what should he do? Does he continue his prayer or does he break it?
The Shaykh:
Until when?
The questioner:
If a person is afflicted with ritual impurity while he is praying, what should he do? Does he continue his prayer or does he make it up?
The Shaykh:
They say that if he is afflicted with ritual impurity, if he is able to remove it, he should remove it and continue his prayer, and he will not be harmed. Let us suppose it affected his turban and his cloak; he can take off the turban but not the cloak, and he continues his prayer. Or it affected his sandals or his socks; he can take them off and continue his prayer. This is because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), when he learned that there was ritual impurity in his leather socks, took them off, or when it was in his sandals, he took them off, and he continued the prayer. So, if he is able to remove it, he removes it and continues. But if he is not able to remove it, he exits the prayer, removes the impurity, and restarts the prayer from the beginning. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, if a person is afflicted with ritual impurity while he is praying, what should he do? Does he continue his prayer or does he break it?
The Shaykh:
Until when?
The questioner:
If a person is afflicted with ritual impurity while he is praying, what should he do? Does he continue his prayer or does he make it up?
The Shaykh:
They say that if he is afflicted with ritual impurity, if he is able to remove it, he should remove it and continue his prayer, and he will not be harmed. Let us suppose it affected his turban and his cloak; he can take off the turban but not the cloak, and he continues his prayer. Or it affected his sandals or his socks; he can take them off and continue his prayer. This is because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), when he learned that there was ritual impurity in his leather socks, took them off, or when it was in his sandals, he took them off, and he continued the prayer. So, if he is able to remove it, he removes it and continues. But if he is not able to remove it, he exits the prayer, removes the impurity, and restarts the prayer from the beginning. Yes.
Source
شرح بلوغ المرام من أدلة الأحكام [ صالح الفوزان ]، باب شروط الصلاة — islamhouse.com (54:43)
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