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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The ruling on the prayer of one who is holding back the two excretions

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Question:
May Allah reward you. Honorable Shaykh, regarding the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), "There is no prayer for one who is holding back the two excretions," does this invalidate the prayer? If it does not invalidate it, what is the implication of the negation? This negation...

Answer:
Yes, it does not invalidate it. The clear indication of this negation is that the negation here is not of validity, but rather a negation of perfection. The evidence is his saying (peace and blessings be upon him), "If any one of you feels something in his stomach,
he should not cease praying unless he hears a sound or perceives a smell.فلا ينصرف حتى يسمع صوتا أو يجد ريحا
Sunan Abi Dawud 177Sahih (Al-Albani)
let him not pray until he is certain that his ablution has been broken." However, it is disliked to pray while one is holding back the excretions. As for if he enters the prayer and he has nothing, but then it happens to him during the prayer, he is not blamed for that; he completes the prayer and it is not disliked.
Source حكم الصلاة ممن يدافع الأخبثين — alfawzan.live

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