537. Breaking Of Fardh Salaah

 We shouldn’t break our fardh Salaah unless there’s an emergency or urgent need etc 

That’s the default. 

As for breaking the voluntary Salaah, the matter is more flexible. 

The Prophet sal Allaahu Alayhi wa sallam allowed us to break our prayer in case we see a snake or scorpion. 

He said :

“Kill the two black ones during prayer, the snake and the scorpion.”

(Ibn Maajah: saheeh by Ibn Hibbaan).

This shows that we may stop our prayer in case of an emergency. 

Shaikh Ibn Baaz said;

“In the case of an obligatory prayer, if it is something important or necessary, and there is the fear of missing it, it is also o.k. to stop the prayer, and to repeat it from the beginning.”

[Majmmo’ Fataawa Wa Maqaalaat Muntawwi’ah Li Samaahat, 11/108]

And the scholars also said:

“With regard to interrupting it (the prayer) for a legitimate, justifiable reason, that is prescribed. The prayer may be interrupted to kill a snake and the like, because it is enjoined to kill them, or for fear of losing some valuable property belonging to oneself or to someone else, or to help one who is in an emergency situation, or to alert one who is heedless or sleeping that the snake is heading towards him, and it is not possible to alert him by saying “Subhaan-Allah!”, or interrupting the fast to save one who is drowning, or out of fear for oneself or one’s nursing infant.” 

[al-Mawsoo‘ah al-Fiqhiyyah al-Kuwaitiyyah (34/51)]

If you broke your fardh prayer because of a legitimate reason, but you didn’t break your wudhu then there’s no need to renew your wudhu. 

You will only renew wudhu in case you break it.

And Allah Knows The Best