A man afflicted by the passing of wind or the discharge of something from his private part, so he performs wudu' — for example — before the adhan

The questioner : Regarding the question about the man: if he is afflicted by wind or the discharge of something from his private part; he performs wudu', then goes to pray, performing wudu' before the adhan and before the iqamah, but during the iqamah — as well — he feels something coming out; what is the ruling on the prayer of this person?

The Shaykh : This is considered one of those with an excuse, and those with an excuse are commanded by the Shari'ah to perform wudu' for every prayer. This means that it is not permissible for him to perform wudu' except after the time has entered, and then it is not permissible for him to perform wudu' except to pray immediately. If the time enters and he performs wudu' and then prays after half an hour, and the flow has done its work in him; this is not permissible. Rather, after the adhan is called, he performs wudu', and he utilizes some of the prescribed means that help him reduce the discharge of the fluid or the wind, and help him reduce the spread of impurity from urine or otherwise. Then he stands for prayer when the iqamah is called; so in this state, it does not harm him if something comes out of him; because he is one of those with an excuse, and his condition, no matter how strong his flow is, is much lighter than that of the woman with irregular bleeding (mustahadhah), who is the one from whom blood comes out outside her regular time. So much so that a woman in the time of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), Fatimah bint Abi Hubaysh, continued for two years seeing blood, and when she sat on a seat with water in it, this water would become blood by morning due to the abundance of that blood spurting from her, the blood of irregular bleeding. She thought, out of ignorance of the ruling of the Lawgiver in this matter, that this was menstrual blood, so she left prayer for two years because she thought this blood was the menstrual blood that prevents prayer. Then she came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and complained to him about her condition, and he said: . But he said to her: .
Some scholars interpret this hadith to mean "perform wudu' at the time of every prayer," and this is an expansion for which there is no evidence in the Sunnah; because it is a figurative interpretation (ta'wil) of the hadith, and it is not permissible to resort to figurative interpretation except with evidence, and there is no evidence here. So the stronger position is that we stop at the apparent meaning of the hadith, which is the view of the majority of jurists. , and this means that this woman cannot pray the recommended practice (sunnah) of the time and the obligatory prayer of the time; if she wants to pray the recommended practice, after finishing it she must perform wudu' for the obligatory prayer, otherwise she restricts herself to the obligatory prayer, and this is what is obligatory upon her, no more.
So if the Lawgiver permitted the woman with irregular bleeding, from whom the blood hardly stops, to perform wudu' for prayer and pray even if blood is coming out of her; then the one with an excuse, whether it is urinary incontinence or wind, is more deserving of being given this ruling.