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Is it permissible for a person to break his prayer if a man smoking next to him is harming him with the smell of the smoke?

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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: A person is praying with the congregation in a row. A person is praying with the congregation in a row, and next to him is a smoker who has harmed him with the smell of the smoke. Is it permissible for him to break the prayer?

Answer:
No, but he should move back or forward to another row; there is nothing wrong with doing so during the prayer. He moves forward to the row in front of him or back to the row behind him; there is nothing wrong with that. But he does not break the prayer; he is patient. He is patient, and praise be to Allah.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [4163- 4717] هل يجوز للشخص قطع الصلاة إذا كان بجواره رجل مدخن آذاه برائحة الدخان؟ - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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