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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Killing a snake or scorpion during prayer

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Question:
The issue of the Shaykh’s disbelief or prayer, or rather, in the case of the free ones, or rather.

Answer:
Do not break your prayer, but kill it while you are praying. This does not affect your prayer. Kill it even if you turn away from the qiblah, or if you go to grab a stone or something else while praying. Continue in your prayer, because your prayer is valid, since you are repelling a harm from yourself. So do not break your prayer, but kill the snake and the scorpion while you are praying, even if this requires you to walk or take something to kill it with. Yes.
Source شرح بلوغ المرام من أدلة الأحكام [ صالح الفوزان ]، باب الديات — islamhouse.com (1:05:13)

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