Is it permissible to speak during prayer out of necessity, such as when one sees a blind person about to fall into a pit and says, "There is a pit in front of you"?
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. You mentioned, may Allah preserve you, that clearing one's throat during prayer is permissible if it is for a need, but if it is without a need, the prayer is invalid because clearing one's throat is speech. The question is: If one speaks during prayer for a need using more than two letters, is his prayer valid? For example, if he sees a blind person about to fall into a pit and says to him, "Pit," is this action correct?
Answer:
This breaks the prayer. If he sees that saving a person from destruction is necessary, he breaks his prayer and saves him. He saves him. And if he speaks, his prayer is invalid. If he says to him, "Oh pit," or "Avoid the pit," or "Oh so-and-so," his prayer is invalid. But what is not permissible is for him to continue in prayer while seeing a person heading toward destruction; he must break the prayer and save him. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. You mentioned, may Allah preserve you, that clearing one's throat during prayer is permissible if it is for a need, but if it is without a need, the prayer is invalid because clearing one's throat is speech. The question is: If one speaks during prayer for a need using more than two letters, is his prayer valid? For example, if he sees a blind person about to fall into a pit and says to him, "Pit," is this action correct?
Answer:
This breaks the prayer. If he sees that saving a person from destruction is necessary, he breaks his prayer and saves him. He saves him. And if he speaks, his prayer is invalid. If he says to him, "Oh pit," or "Avoid the pit," or "Oh so-and-so," his prayer is invalid. But what is not permissible is for him to continue in prayer while seeing a person heading toward destruction; he must break the prayer and save him. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [345 -2802] هل يجوز الكلام في الصلاة للضرورة، كمن يرى أعمى سيسقط في حفرة فيقول: أمامك حفرة؟ — youtube.com
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