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publisher: alsalafiyyah@icloud.com
title: "When does passing wind become an annulment of Wudu'?"
hijri: Muharram 02, 1441 AH
source: "Fatawa Al-lajnah Al-Da'imah of KSA no. 10450"
chapter: "Nullifications of Wudu' (Ablution)"
lang: en
category: [taharah, ablution]
note: true
excerpt: "When does passing wind become an annulment of Wudu’ (ablution)? Is it by hearing a sound, detecting a smell, and feeling something, or only by hearing a sound or detecting a smell, excluding the feeling condition? Please explain this matter to me, may Allah grant you success, for I am confused."
muftis:
  chairman: 
    - name: Shaykh Abdul-Aziz ibn Baz
      url: /biography/binbaz/
  deputy_chairman: 
    - name: Shaykh Abdul-Razzaq Al-Afifi
      url: /biography/afifi/
  members: 
    - name: Shaykh Abdullah ibn Ghudayyan
      url: /biography/ghudayyan/
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Question: 

When does passing wind become an annulment of Wudu’ (ablution)? Is it by hearing a sound, detecting a smell, and feeling something, or only by hearing a sound or detecting a smell, excluding the feeling condition? Please explain this matter to me, may Allah grant you success, for I am confused. 

Answer: 

All praise is due to Allah Alone, and peace and blessings be upon His Messenger, his family, and Companions.

What you have mentioned nullifies Wudu’ if a person becomes sure that something has come out of them either by hearing a sound, detecting a smell, or other things ascertaining the passing out of (minor) ritual impurity (wind, urine or stool), because when the Prophet (peace be upon him) was asked about a man who gets the feeling of passing wind while in Salah (prayer), he said: “**He should not leave (prayer) until he hears a sound or detects a smell (of passing wind).**” (Agreed upon by Al-Bukhari and Muslim) [^1]

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[^1]: Al-Bukhari, Sahih, Book on Wudu*, no. 177; and Abu Dawud, Sunan, Book on purification, no. 176.