When is it ok to break salah and read it again? What determines if it’s ok to break salah midway. And how do you break it? Do you just do the salam in whichever position you are and leave?
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Peace LP,
Whenever I’m distracted by thoughts, I just re-start my Salaath again with intention to offer it as it is need to be offered. That is what I do. 
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I remember when i was taught salah, how hard i was told that breaking salah is a huge sin. so its stuck somewhere at my mind and i try not to break it by all means.. worst situation just finish and do over
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My understanding is if your life or someone you are responsible for ( like a child ) is in danger, you can break the salah. And performing salam is the way to do it.
If the salah you were offering was sunnah or nafl, repeating it will become wajib, since you already made the niyyah for it.
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I don’t think that is the right way to go about it. Not sure.
Same here but the other day i had just started and the door bell started ringing. I let it ring till i finished, so i wanted to know the situations where it’s ok to break salah.
Is it only for danger to life kind situation?
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@lethal kamikaze that’s NOT a valid reason to break your salah, in my opinio.
you can break your salah whenever the life, property is in danger or there is an emergency. you should not break your salah if someone calls but if someone knocks at the door at a time when you don’t expect any visitors [late at night or at tahajjud/fajar time] you can break your salah, even if the fone rings, because that call/knock at the door could be an emergency.
i saw one video clip where a bunch of Muslims, who were praying at a train station platform, had to break their salah because the train has started moving and they genuinely feared to miss their train.
here is that clip 
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That is what I learnt. The example given was like a snake appears in front of you…
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Peace LP,
Then what is the use of offering salat when one is absent from getting closer to Almighty Allah. Means he/she is standing/offering physically but absent from his/her heart and mind. If I recall correctly then such salath will be thrown on the face of the Namaazi like a old piece of blanket.
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Peace KKF,
I respect your opinion but I’m afraid I have to disagree with you. Have you not read/heard the incident of a Sahabi who was offering his salaath while guarding in a night at a battle field and He was struck by the arrows while his another companion was in sleep? Have He (the Sahabi) broken his salaath?
Qur’an Chapter 70:34: " And those who [carefully] maintain their prayer". Meaning, they maintain its proper times, its pillars, its obligations and its recommended acts.
@KKF watch this video.
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Well. I’ve broken my salah a few times. Only when my baby has managed to climb out of her cot and crawl through the door into the hall where there are stairs. She does it a lot. Sometimes if she’s about to pull a vase or glass off the table I grab her so she doesn’t hurt herself. And sometimes when I go in sajdah she crawls onto my head and sits there 
I keep reading but my salah isn’t completely focused. May Allah forgive our lack of concentration, I’m sure He understands our intentions and knows why.
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If your mother calls you, even if it’s not an emergency, you can break your salah to answer her.
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^ true! good reminder.
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Peace TLK,
I hope you’re talking about the Nafli Salah not obligatory.
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All of you have me more confused now than when I asked the question :hinna:
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I don’t remember hadees mentioning nafl or farz prayers, but I will check again
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Peace TLK Bhai,
Allow me to share my knowledge
It is said that if a person is offering Nafli Salaath then he/she can answer either father or mother and that is in case if there is an emergency. However, in case of obligatory Salaah, it is preferred to shorten (brief) the Salaah to answer parent. Even if they keep calling while a person offering obligatory salaah then he/she may say a loud “Subhan Allah” or read loud "whatever verse/surah he/she was reading so that the parent may know that his/her son/daughter is offering Salaah.
It is not recommended to break obligatory Salaah upon the call of either father or mother. However, breaking Nafli Salaah upon call of mother is acceptable in view of many scholars as many of them also said that if you don’t answer to your mother then it is counted as haraam.
Almighty Allah knows best.
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Peace LP,
It is very simple. If you’re offering Nafli Namaaz then you can break it but if you are offering obligatory Salaah then you must shorten (brief) your salaah, answer to the called person and then continue completing your salaah afterwards. You may break obligatory salaah unless there is life threatening situation.
Salaah cannot be broken unless for the following reasons:
- That which invalidates Ablution.
- Uncovering the ‘awrah deliberately.
- Turning away from the Qiblah direction to a large extent.
- Presence of impurity on body/clothes/place where one is praying.
- Excessive continuous movement during the prayer for no essential reason.
- Omitting one of the essential part of the prayer or deliberately doing an extra part or doing it before others.
- Deciding to stop praying.
- Laughing out loud. Merely smiling does not invalidate the prayer.
- Deliberately speaking.
- Eating and drinking, etc.
I haven’t came across a source where it is mentioned about how to break Salaah. However, I heard that if a person is offering four rakat salaah then he/she may shorten it to two rakats then say salaam and this is how he/she may break a salaah (No source/reference, better to check).
Almighty Allah knows best.