Am I obligated to leave the prayer when I feel that wind has been emitted without hearing a sound or smelling an odor, and what is meant by "تجد ريحاً" (finding wind), and is it permissible for me to hold in the wind to complete the prayer, knowing that I suffer from excessive passing of wind and it frequently occurs during prayer, which might lead to missing the prayer time due to the nature of my work?

Thank you for your diligence in performing congregational prayer. The Hadith: "He should not leave until he hears a sound or perceives a smell" means certainty of the emission of wind, and hearing or smelling is not a condition, by consensus. If you are certain that wind has been emitted, your ablution is invalidated.

To avoid embarrassment, if you pass wind during your prayer, hold your nose and then leave, so as to give the impression that you have a nosebleed. This is a matter of etiquette in covering one's 'awrah and concealing what is disliked.

If you suffer from continuous emission of wind ( سلس الريح) and cannot find time to purify yourself and pray without passing wind, perform ablution after the time for prayer begins and pray your obligatory and supererogatory prayers with that ablution until the prayer time expires, and whatever is emitted from you will not harm you.

If you do not suffer from continuous emission, perform ablution and pray normally. If you are overcome by an emission, leave the prayer and repeat your ablution and prayer, and doing what we have guided you to will remove embarrassment.

The prayer of one who suppresses wind is valid, though disliked according to the majority. If the urge to pass wind arises during prayer, there is no dislike in completing it.