How to leave the prayer row when one's Wudhoo’ is invalidated

18-12-2014 | IslamWeb

Question:

Assalaamualaikum. I would like to know concerning someone whose wudu is annulled during salaat and that he holds his nose and leave the congregation. How does he leave the congregation if he is in the first row and there are rows behind him and how does he move the person behind to fill his gap? Jazaakallahu Kheiran. May Allah reward you and increase your knowledge.

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Answer:

All perfect praise be to Allaah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allaah, and that Muhammad, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, is His slave and Messenger.

How to get out of the row should be an easy matter that does not require effort. If the person moves out of the row, it is permissible for the person who is behind him to advance to fill the gap which he leaves. If he moves to fill the gap, then the person behind him moves to fill the gap and so forth.

If the person who wants to leave the row is unable to pass when the worshippers are standing, he may pass through them when they are in prostration. Usually the worshippers make way for such a person to get out, especially if they see him holding his nose thinking that his nose is bleeding.

For more benefit, please refer to Fatwa 92305.

Allaah Knows best.