about praising Allah when belching.
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The student: If a person belches and says, "Praise be to Allah," because the disbelievers laugh when someone belches?
The Shaykh : Who laughs?
The student: The disbelievers. It is a defect in their view?
The Shaykh : It is a defect even among some Muslims. For this reason, the jurists said: It is disliked for a person to raise his face to the sky, except when he belches in prayer; then he should raise it so as not to harm those around him with the smell. I do not understand at all what you mentioned. Does an old woman or an old man, when he belches and says, "Praise be to Allah," think about those who laugh? No, not at all. This is a weak and sick excuse, a disease from which no recovery is expected... This is a reason, but it is not valid. It is true that, for example, if a person feels distress in his chest and sees that he needs to belch, he praises Allah, not because he is belching to remove the annoyance. This is for a reason, yes.
The Shaykh : Who laughs?
The student: The disbelievers. It is a defect in their view?
The Shaykh : It is a defect even among some Muslims. For this reason, the jurists said: It is disliked for a person to raise his face to the sky, except when he belches in prayer; then he should raise it so as not to harm those around him with the smell. I do not understand at all what you mentioned. Does an old woman or an old man, when he belches and says, "Praise be to Allah," think about those who laugh? No, not at all. This is a weak and sick excuse, a disease from which no recovery is expected... This is a reason, but it is not valid. It is true that, for example, if a person feels distress in his chest and sees that he needs to belch, he praises Allah, not because he is belching to remove the annoyance. This is for a reason, yes.