Someone is disturbed while praying

⦁ Someone is disturbed while praying

Question
If a person has something happen to him (i.e., someone speaks to him or approaches him) while praying what should he do?

Answer

Praise be to Allaah.

If it is a man, he should pronounce tasbeeh (glorifying Allah by saying "subhan Allah"), and if it’s a woman, she should clap. The evidence is Sahl Bin Saad’s narration that the Messenger (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said, "If something bothers you in your salaat, men should make tasbeeh and women should clap."1
From the book What Should You Do in the Following Situations... ?
1 Sunan Abu Dawood 941, Sahih al-Bukhari (Bugha print) 1145, and Sahih Muslim 106.

Question
Is it permissible to pray the Isha prayer just before we go to sleep, instead of the appointed time? Show evidence please.

Answer

Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):
“Verily, As-Salaah (the prayer) is enjoined on the believers at fixed hours”
[al-Nisa’ 4:103]
We have already explained the times of prayer in detail in question no. 9940.
Prayer offered before its time is not valid, according to the consensus of the Muslims. If a person offers a prayer before its time:
-if he does that deliberately, then the prayer is invalid and he is not free of sin.
-If that was not done deliberately, and he did it because he thought that the time for prayer had begun, then it is not a sin, and his prayer is regarded as naafil, but he has to repeat it because one of the conditions of the prayer is that it be done at the right time.