I had a bodily function while I was the imam in the mosque, but I did not break the prayer out of shyness and embarrassment. What is obligatory for me and for the congregation after they dispersed?

The questioner : From the questions of this questioner, he says: O esteemed Shaykh, I had a bodily function while I was the imam in the mosque, but I did not break the prayer out of shyness and embarrassment. What is obligatory for me and for the congregation after they dispersed?

The Shaykh : As for the congregation, nothing is obligatory for them because they are excused. As for you, you must repent to Allah and seek forgiveness for what happened from you, and you must repeat your prayer. And my brother, how can you be shy of people and not shy of Allah? How can you pray before Him, (Glorified and Exalted is He), a prayer that He will not accept from you out of shyness of people? Indeed, Allah the Exalted is more deserving of being shy of Him and more deserving of being feared. It is obligatory for one who has a bodily function in his prayer while he is the imam, or who remembers that he is not in a state of ablution, to leave the prayer and instruct some of the worshippers, saying, “O so-and-so, step forward and complete the prayer with them.” If he does not do so and leaves his prayer, leaving the people, then the people have the choice between two things: either they appoint one of you to complete the prayer with them, or each one prays alone. Yes.

The questioner : May Allah reward you and bless you. This questioner says, O honorable Shaykh.