What is the ruling for one who imagines he has broken his ritual purity and strongly suspects so, to the point that he smells a wind but does not know whether it is from him or from someone else? What should he do?
Machine translationRead the Arabic original
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : May Allah reward you. Regarding what happens to a person during his prayer, meaning he is strongly convinced that he has broken his ritual purity, but he is not certain that he has done so. Is this considered a nullifier of the prayer or not?
The Shaykh : No, meaning if it is imagined to him that he has broken his ritual purity and he is strongly convinced of it, he does not exit his prayer until he hears a sound or finds a wind.
The questioner : If he smells a wind, he does not become certain of it despite this suspicion.
The Shaykh : Is there anyone around him?
The questioner : Yes, there is someone around him.
The Shaykh : And he fears that it might be from the person next to him?
The questioner : But he is strongly convinced that it is from himself.
The Shaykh : He does not turn away until he hears a sound or finds a wind from himself.
The questioner : May Allah reward you. Regarding what happens to a person during his prayer, meaning he is strongly convinced that he has broken his ritual purity, but he is not certain that he has done so. Is this considered a nullifier of the prayer or not?
The Shaykh : No, meaning if it is imagined to him that he has broken his ritual purity and he is strongly convinced of it, he does not exit his prayer until he hears a sound or finds a wind.
The questioner : If he smells a wind, he does not become certain of it despite this suspicion.
The Shaykh : Is there anyone around him?
The questioner : Yes, there is someone around him.
The Shaykh : And he fears that it might be from the person next to him?
The questioner : But he is strongly convinced that it is from himself.
The Shaykh : He does not turn away until he hears a sound or finds a wind from himself.