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their continuity by speaking when necessary to address another person, enjoin what is right, or forbid what is wrong. The same applies to interrupting their continuity with a prostration of recitation or the like. Prayer, however, is different: its continuity is not interrupted for another reason. Thus, if someone hears another person recite a verse of prostration, he does not prostrate while praying, according to the majority of scholars. Nevertheless, there is well-known disagreement on this matter. And Allah knows best.
الْمُوَالَاةَ فِيهَا بِكَلَامِ لِمَا يَحْتَاجُ إلَيْهِ مِنْ خِطَابِ آدَمِيٍّ وَأَمْرٍ بِمَعْرُوفِ وَنَهْيٍ عَنْ مُنْكَرٍ وَكَذَلِكَ لَوْ قَطَعَ الْمُوَالَاةَ بِسُجُودِ تِلَاوَةٍ وَنَحْوِ ذَلِكَ بِخِلَافِ الصَّلَاةِ فَإِنَّهُ لَا يَقْطَعُ مُوَالَاتَهَا بِسَبَبِ آخَرَ كَمَا لَوْ سَمِعَ غَيْرَهُ يَقْرَأُ سَجْدَةَ التِّلَاوَةِ لَمْ يَسْجُدْ فِي الصَّلَاةِ عِنْدَ جُمْهُورِ الْعُلَمَاءِ وَمَعَ هَذَا فَفِي هَذَا نِزَاعٌ مَعْرُوفٌ وَاَللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ.