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Release wind during prayer

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As Salaam Aleikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh. (May Allah's Peace, Mercy and Blessings be upon all of you)

 

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mera ek sawal hai? mai jub umra ke liye jata hu ramadan ke time to mai umra karte waqt bahoot bar gass chutta hai aur mai baar baar waju karne jata hu to please muje bataye koye soution. aur kabhi kabhi namaz ke time gass chut jata hai aur mai middle ke safe me khada ho kar namaj padhata  hu aur mai muszid se bahar nahi nikal sakta hu wazu ke liye gass chutne ke baad to keya mera namaj hoga ya nahi. aur us waqt keya karna chahiye. ha muje koyee pet ki bimari nahi hai. please help me because i am planing to go for umra after 5 days. and this time Inchahallah i will go for hujj too.

 

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Release wind during prayer

In the name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His help and ask for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide, and whoever He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We bear witness that there is none worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.

 

Translation of the Question:

I have a question? Whenever I go for Umrah in Ramadan, during the pilgrimage I happen to release wind, and I have to go again and again to perform the ‘wudu’. Please give me a solution. And sometimes during prayer I happen to release wind; and I am standing in the middle rows and cannot leave the masjid to redo the ‘wudu’. Is my prayer acceptable or not? And what should I do at that time? I do not have any medical ailment. Please help me because I am planning to go for Umra after 5 days and this time Insha Allah I will go for Hajj too.

 

Your Question: Whenever I go for Umrah in Ramadan, during the pilgrimage I happen to release wind, and I have to go again and again to perform the ‘wudu’. Please give me a solution.

The Umrah pilgrimage basically consists of two main rites:

  1. The seven ‘tawaafs’ or circumambulation around the Kaaba.
  2. The ‘sai’ or walking between the mounts of Safa and Marwa.

 

It is absolutely obligatory to be in the state of ‘wudu’ when doing the ‘tawaaf’ of the Kaaba, during the pilgrimage or otherwise. If one happens to break one’s state of ‘wudu’ before one has completed the seven ‘tawaafs’, one should re-do the ‘wudu’ and complete their remaining ‘tawaaf’ rounds.

 

The scholars and jurists in Islam are unanimous in their opinion that one does not need to be in the state of ‘wudu’ when performing the ‘sai’ between Safa and Marwah.

 

Thus if one happens to release wind or break their ‘wudu’ after they have completed the seven ‘tawaafs’, and offerred the two-rakah prayer after the ‘tawaafs’; one may complete the ‘sai’ rites without being in the state of ‘wudu’.

 

Your Question: And sometimes during prayer I happen to release wind; and I am standing in the middle rows and cannot leave the masjid to redo the ‘wudu’. Is my prayer acceptable or not?

Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 5 Surah Maidah verse 6:

6 O ye who believe! When ye prepare for prayer wash your faces and your hands (and arms) to the elbows; rub your heads (with water); and (wash) your feet to the ankles.

 

To be in the state of purity and ‘wudu’ is an absolute pre-condition for any prayer to be acceptable in Shariah. If one has broken their state of ‘wudu’ during their prayers, it is absolutely obligatory for them to re-do the ‘wudu’ and perform the prayer again. A prayer performed without being in the state of ‘wudu’ is absolutely unacceptable in Shariah.

 

Your Question: And what should I do at that time?

If one perchance happens to release wind and thus break their ‘wudu’ while they are praying in congregation, they should immediately leave the congregation, re-do the ‘wudu’ and offer the prayer again.

 

In the event that the masjid is absolutely full and one is unable to leave the masjid to re-do their ‘wudu’, one should still leave the prayer and the congregation and find themselves a place where they can wait (near a pillar, at the end of a row, etc.) until the prayer in completed ….and then re-do the ‘wudu’ and offer the prayer again. Under no circumstances should one who has broken their ‘wudu’ continue their prayer with the congregation.

 

Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only due to Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me alone. Allah Alone Knows Best and He is the Only Source of Strength.

 

Your brother and well wisher in Islam,

 

 

Burhan

 


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