Is it permissible to interrupt the prayer if a child's crying distracts the worshippers, and what is the ruling on completing it if the sound of loudspeakers drowns out his crying?
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You did well not to interrupt your prayer because of the child's crying. It is not permissible to interrupt an obligatory prayer except for a legitimate Shar'i excuse, and a child's crying is not an excuse that permits interrupting it. Your inference that the women of the Companions did not interrupt their prayers due to a child's crying is a correct inference. We advise you to mend your relationship with your husband and not to retaliate in kind.
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