Al-Kāfi - The Book of Prayer

Chapter: Killing Insects, and So on during Salah (Prayer) َّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْ٠َّدِ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ عَنْ عُثْ٠َانَ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ سَ٠َاعَةَ قَالَ سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ الرَّجُلِ يَكُونُ قَائِ٠اً فِي الصَّلاَةِ الْفَرِيضَةِ فَيَنْسَى كِيسَهُ أَوْ ٠َتَاعاً يَتَخَوَّفُ ضَيْعَتَهُ أَوْ هَلاَكَهُ قَالَ يَقْطَعُ صَلاَتَهُ وَيُحْرِزُ ٠َّ يَسْتَقْبِلُ الصَّلاَةَ قُلْتُ فَيَكُونُ فِي الْفَرِيضَةِ فَتَفَلَّتُ عَلَيْهِ دَابَّةٌ أَوْ تَفَلَّتُ دَابَّتُهُ فَيَخَافُ أَنْ تَذْهَبَ أَوْ يُصِيبَ ٠ِنْهَا عَنَتاً فَقَالَ لاَ بَأْسَ بِأَنْ يَقْطَعَ صَلاَتَهُ.

He (the Imam) said, ‘He can discontinue his Salah (prayer) to secure such items then perform his Salah (prayer) again.’ I then asked him (the Imam), ‘What happens if he is in obligatory Salah (prayer) when a stumper (animal) or his stumper escapes and he is afraid of its getting lost or causing him difficulties?’ He (the Imam) said, ‘It is not harmful if he discontinues his Salah (prayer).”’ وثق - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (15/242))