If two men heard the sound of wind passing

Question : But what is your opinion if two men heard wind passing from one of them, which is a mistake, they heard the sound of wind from one of them, it was not the other, and they heard the sound of wind, but they do not know which one it was,

Answer : No, he is not in a state of wudu. No, this is not a hypothetical case; it is a real one. Is he to be an imam for them? It is not permissible, because one of them has certainly invalidated his prayer. If he is the imam, then you have followed a person whose prayer is not valid. If he is the ma'mum, then the imam intended to lead a ma'mum whose prayer is not valid. Do you understand? The scholars have excluded this issue from the general rule because this does not come down to ijtihad (independent legal reasoning).