Holding in wind during Salaah
Question
Is it permissible to hold in wind during Salaah, or do you have to break your Salaah if you need to pass wind?
Answer
If during Salaah, there is a strong urge to pass wind, then one should break his Salaah if he does not fear that the time of Salaah will expire. To complete one’s Salaah while suppressing the desire to pass wind is Makrooh, irrespective of whether the urge was found before Salaah or after commencing Salaah. It is better to discard the Jamaat Salaah which is Sunnah, than to perform Salaah with abhorrence (due to the urge of passing wind). [Kitaab-un-Nawaazil Vol:4 Pg:120-121]
References (Arabic / Urdu sources)
عن عائشة رضي الله عنها قالت: إني سمعت رسول الله صلي الله عليه وسلم يقول: لا صلاة بحضرة طعام ولا هو يدافعه الاخبثان (صحيح مسلم ج١ص٢٠٨)
وكره صلاته مع مدافعة الاخبثين او احداهما وتحته في الشامية: قال في الخزائن: سواء كان بعد شروعه او قبله فان شغله قطعها ان لم يخف فوت الوقت وان اتمها اثم ……لان ترك سنة الجماعة اولي من الاتيان بالكراهة (الدر المختار ج٢ص٤٠٨)
- Answered by
- Maulana Ahmed Saeed
- Checked & approved by
- Mufti Mohammed Desai Saheb
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