The ruling on holding back wind during prayer
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Your Eminence! Does holding back wind carry the same ruling as holding back the two excretions during prayer?
Yes, that is correct.
Holding back wind, if it is as distressing to you as holding back urine and feces; because the operative cause is occupying the heart from the prayer. The evidence for this is that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said: (There is no prayer in the presence of food). The presence of food is not holding back the two excretions, but it occupies the heart. And whatever occupies the heart, you do not pray while it is present. Even if there were people around you and the noise of their speech is distracting you from the prayer, do not pray, but delay the prayer until this noise ceases, or go to another place where there is no noise. This is because the purpose of the prayer, and the essence and spirit of the prayer, is tranquility, humility, and the presence of the heart. The prayer is not merely movements that a person performs, standing, bowing, prostrating, and sitting. The most important thing is that the heart is praying before the body is praying. For this reason, prayer is prohibited in the presence of food, and prayer is prohibited while holding back the two excretions, and likewise, a person does not pray while he is occupied by whatever distracts him.
Yes, that is correct.
Holding back wind, if it is as distressing to you as holding back urine and feces; because the operative cause is occupying the heart from the prayer. The evidence for this is that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said: (There is no prayer in the presence of food). The presence of food is not holding back the two excretions, but it occupies the heart. And whatever occupies the heart, you do not pray while it is present. Even if there were people around you and the noise of their speech is distracting you from the prayer, do not pray, but delay the prayer until this noise ceases, or go to another place where there is no noise. This is because the purpose of the prayer, and the essence and spirit of the prayer, is tranquility, humility, and the presence of the heart. The prayer is not merely movements that a person performs, standing, bowing, prostrating, and sitting. The most important thing is that the heart is praying before the body is praying. For this reason, prayer is prohibited in the presence of food, and prayer is prohibited while holding back the two excretions, and likewise, a person does not pray while he is occupied by whatever distracts him.