One who vomits or has a nosebleed during prayer

Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: If a man's nose bleeds during the prayer, he should go to make ablution, then come back and pray, continuing on from the part of the prayer he had already prayed.

A statement like that of Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) is also reported from Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him).

Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: If a man's nose bleeds during his prayer or he vomits, he should make ablution and not speak to anyone, and he should build on his prayer.

Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: If a man's nose bleeds during his prayer, he should make ablution; if he has not spoken to anyone, he should build on his prayer, and if he has spoken, he should pray anew.

Sayyiduna Salman (may Allah be pleased with him) said: When the ablution of one of you breaks during the prayer, he should go without spoiling his act and make ablution, then come back and recite again the same verse he was reciting.

Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: If, during the prayer, a man feels wind in his stomach, or vomit, or a nosebleed, he should go and make ablution, and if he has not spoken, he should continue the prayer from that point.

Ibrahim said: Once, while leading the prayer, Alqamah's nose began to bleed. He took a man by the hand and put him forward, then went and made ablution, and then performed the rest of the prayer.

Tawus said: If a man's nose bleeds during his prayer, he should go and make ablution, then come back and perform the rest of the prayer.

Ubaydullah bin Umar said: Salim bin Abdullah had prayed one rak'ah of Fajr when his nose began to bleed. He went and made ablution, then performed the rest of the prayer.

Sa'id bin Jubayr and al-Sha'bi said: In the case of a nosebleed or broken ablution, a person should go and make ablution; if he spoke in the meantime, he should pray anew, and if he did not speak, he should complete that same prayer.

Ibrahim used to say concerning a person whose nose bleeds during his prayer: He should go and make ablution, then, as long as he has not spoken, complete that same prayer; and if he has spoken, he should pray again.

Ata also said the same.

Ibrahim said concerning a person who vomits during the prayer, or whose nose bleeds, or who has kissed: He should go and make ablution. If he did not speak in the meantime, he should complete that same prayer, and if he spoke, he should pray anew. Ibrahim used to say concerning the person who goes to relieve himself of urine or excrement: He should go and make ablution and pray anew.

Ibrahim said: The early generation used to be very strict about urine and excrement and considered it more serious than semen and blood.

Makhul said: If a man's nose bleeds during his prayer, he should go and make ablution and, if he wishes, complete the rest of the prayer, provided he has not spoken to anyone. If his ablution breaks, he should both repeat the ablution and repeat the prayer.

Yazid bin Abdullah bin Qusayt said: Sa'id bin al-Musayyib's nose began to bleed during the prayer. He went to the house of the Mother of the Believers, Sayyidah Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her), and made ablution; during this he did not speak to anyone, and he went back and completed that same prayer.

Amir said: If your ablution breaks during the prayer, make ablution and pray the remainder of the prayer, even if you have spoken.

Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said concerning a person who vomits or has a nosebleed during the prayer: He should go and make ablution and complete his prayer, as long as he has not spoken.

The same is also reported from Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him), except that it does not mention vomiting.