What does the one praying do if he passes wind during the prayer?

The questioner : This questioner says: My brother, Honorable Shaykh, may Allah keep you safe, what does the one praying do if wind comes to him during the prayer, or one of the things that break the ablution? And what is the ruling if he has gas in his stomach? Is his ruling like that of the one who has urinary incontinence?

The Shaykh : If a person breaks his ritual purity during his prayer by passing wind, urinating, or any of the other things that break purity, it is obligatory for him to exit the prayer, and it is not permissible for him to remain in it, even if he is the imam or a follower. If he is a follower, he turns away, performs the ablution, and returns. If he is the imam, he also turns away and says to those behind him, "Go forward, so-and-so, and complete the prayer for the people." The prayer of the follower is not invalidated. Likewise, if the imam enters the prayer and during his prayer he realizes that he is not in a state of purity, it is obligatory for him to turn away and say to one of the worshippers, "Go forward, so-and-so, and complete the prayer for them." And if a person has gas and cannot hold it in, meaning it is released and he cannot hold it in, so it comes out without his choice, if it is continuous in him, then his ruling is the ruling of the one who has urinary incontinence. He performs the ablution for the prayer when its time enters, he takes precautions, and he prays. If something comes out of him during the prayer, his prayer is not invalidated by that.