A man afflicted with constant passing of wind, even during prayer: what is his obligation? And what is the ruling if he prays sitting or in his home?
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The questioner : May Allah reward you, esteemed Shaykh: A man has been afflicted with constant passing of wind, even during prayer. What should he do in prayer? Does it suffice for him, or must he break it? And what is the ruling if he prays sitting or in his home? May Allah reward you.
The Shaykh : Yes, praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds. If a person is afflicted with a permanent state of ritual impurity from urine, feces, or wind, then Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, has not placed any hardship upon us in the religion. It is said to him: The passing of this permanent state of ritual impurity does not invalidate the ablution, but you must perform the ablution after the time for prayer enters. This is because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered the woman with irregular non-menstrual bleeding to perform the ablution for every prayer. So if a person performs the ablution after the time for prayer enters, goes and prays with the congregation, and wind passes from him, there is no blame on him and his prayer is valid. But you asked whether he should pray sitting or standing. If he prays sitting, does the wind stop? If that is the case, let him pray sitting. If it does not stop, then there is no benefit in sitting. However, there remains a difficulty regarding the wind, which is that it may harm the praying people with its smell. If this is established, we tell him to pray in his home. This is because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade one who has eaten onions or garlic from approaching the mosque, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) informed that the angels are harmed by what harms people. Yes, that is correct.
The Shaykh : Yes, praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds. If a person is afflicted with a permanent state of ritual impurity from urine, feces, or wind, then Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, has not placed any hardship upon us in the religion. It is said to him: The passing of this permanent state of ritual impurity does not invalidate the ablution, but you must perform the ablution after the time for prayer enters. This is because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered the woman with irregular non-menstrual bleeding to perform the ablution for every prayer. So if a person performs the ablution after the time for prayer enters, goes and prays with the congregation, and wind passes from him, there is no blame on him and his prayer is valid. But you asked whether he should pray sitting or standing. If he prays sitting, does the wind stop? If that is the case, let him pray sitting. If it does not stop, then there is no benefit in sitting. However, there remains a difficulty regarding the wind, which is that it may harm the praying people with its smell. If this is established, we tell him to pray in his home. This is because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade one who has eaten onions or garlic from approaching the mosque, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) informed that the angels are harmed by what harms people. Yes, that is correct.