✦ Shar‘i Method of Repeating Prayer After Breaking Wudu During Salah ✦
❖ Question:
If a person’s wudu breaks during prayer, should he say salām before exiting? And how should the prayer be repeated? Is the entire prayer to be offered again, or only the remaining rak‘ahs?
❖ Answer by:
Fadhilat al-Shaykh Saeed Mujtaba Saeedi ḥafiẓahullāh
Fadhilat al-‘Ālim Ikramullah Wahidi ḥafiẓahullāh
① If wudu breaks during prayer, the prayer becomes invalid immediately.
② Since wudu is a condition for the validity of Salah, continuing the prayer without it is not allowed.
③ In such a case, one must exit the prayer immediately—there is no need to say salām.
① After performing wudu again, the entire Salah must be repeated from the beginning.
② The rak‘ahs performed before the wudu broke are not counted.
① If the person was praying in congregation, and wudu broke, they must exit the prayer, perform wudu, and then:
◈ If the jama‘ah is still ongoing, rejoin the congregation as a latecomer (masbūq) and complete the prayer accordingly.
◈ If the congregation has ended, then offer the full prayer individually.
✔ If wudu breaks during prayer, one must immediately exit the prayer without saying salām.
✔ After renewing wudu, the entire prayer must be performed again from the beginning.
✔ In congregational prayer, follow the rulings for joining late if the jama‘ah is ongoing, or offer individually if it has ended.
❖ Question:
If a person’s wudu breaks during prayer, should he say salām before exiting? And how should the prayer be repeated? Is the entire prayer to be offered again, or only the remaining rak‘ahs?
❖ Answer by:
Fadhilat al-Shaykh Saeed Mujtaba Saeedi ḥafiẓahullāh
Fadhilat al-‘Ālim Ikramullah Wahidi ḥafiẓahullāh
✦ Wudu Breaking Invalidates the Prayer
① If wudu breaks during prayer, the prayer becomes invalid immediately.
② Since wudu is a condition for the validity of Salah, continuing the prayer without it is not allowed.
③ In such a case, one must exit the prayer immediately—there is no need to say salām.
✦ How to Repeat the Salah
① After performing wudu again, the entire Salah must be repeated from the beginning.
② The rak‘ahs performed before the wudu broke are not counted.
✦ If One Was Praying in Congregation (Jama‘ah)
① If the person was praying in congregation, and wudu broke, they must exit the prayer, perform wudu, and then:
◈ If the jama‘ah is still ongoing, rejoin the congregation as a latecomer (masbūq) and complete the prayer accordingly.
◈ If the congregation has ended, then offer the full prayer individually.
✦ Conclusion
✔ If wudu breaks during prayer, one must immediately exit the prayer without saying salām.
✔ After renewing wudu, the entire prayer must be performed again from the beginning.
✔ In congregational prayer, follow the rulings for joining late if the jama‘ah is ongoing, or offer individually if it has ended.
