مسائل المنتخبه (Articles Of Islamic Acts) - الخوئي، السيد أبوالقاسم - الصفحة ٢٥٢ - ORDERS REGARDING THINGS WHICH INVALIDATE PRAYERS
has been invalidated, it is permissible for him to break the prayers,
and offer it again, and it is better that he completes the prayers and
then offers it again.
Tenth Eating or drinking. In case, therefore, a person offering
prayers eats or drinks in such a manner that people do not say that he
is offering players his prayers wouldbe nullified whether his act (i.e.
eating or drinking) is intentional or not. However, if a person who
wants to observe fast is offering a recommended prayers before the
Azanof dawn prayers, and being thirsty. fears that if he completes the
prayers it will be dawn. and water is before.him at a distance of two or
three steps, he can drink waterduring the prayers. However, he should
not perform an act which nullifies the prayers (e.g. turning away the
face from Qibla).
١١٦٣. If owing to his eating or drinking
intentionally the continuity of the prayers of a person is destroyed
i.e. it becomes such that people do not say that he isoffering prayers
consecutively, he should. on the basis of obligatory precaution, offer
that prayers again.
١١٦٤. If, while offering prayers, a person
swallows the food. which has remained around his teeth, his prayers is
not invalidated. Furthermore, if things like sugarremain in the mouth
and melt slowly while he is offering prayers and go down the throat,
there is no harm in it.
Eleventh The doubt of the person offering prayers about the units
performed by him in two-unit or three-unit prayers or about the first
two-units of four-unit prayers,provided that the person continues to
remain in doubt about it. his prayers will be nullified.
Twelfth If a person decreases or increases the basic elements (Arkaan)
of the prayers either intentionally or inadvertently or he
intentionally increases or decreases which is not a basic element or
inadvertently increases a basic element (for example bowing and two
prostrations in one unit), his prayers will be