Killing a snake and a scorpion during prayer
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Question:
The other issue is also in the matters of customs and intentions.
Answer:
Do not interrupt 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 a stone or something else to kill it with while you are praying. Continue in your prayer; your prayer is valid because you are repelling harm from yourself, so you do not interrupt your prayer. But kill the snake and the scorpion while you are praying, even if this requires you to walk or to take something to kill it with. Yes.
The other issue is also in the matters of customs and intentions.
Answer:
Do not interrupt 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 a stone or something else to kill it with while you are praying. Continue in your prayer; your prayer is valid because you are repelling harm from yourself, so you do not interrupt your prayer. But kill the snake and the scorpion while you are praying, even if this requires you to walk or to take something to kill it with. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 138 من 175 /شرح بلوغ المرام/الجنايات/الديات/صالح الفوزان/الحديث/كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:05:30)
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