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What should I do if a worshiper next to me falls due to illness or an epileptic seizure during prayer?

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The basic principle is that it is forbidden to interrupt prayer except out of necessity, such as saving a life from destruction or harm, or securing property that is feared to be lost. It may even be obligatory to interrupt prayer to help someone in distress, rescue a drowning person, or extinguish a fire. In a case like that of a patient, it is obligatory to interrupt prayer to provide him with aid, unless someone else undertakes that task. Then, one should resume their prayer.

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