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160. Sa'eed - meaning Ibn Al-Musayyab - and 'Abbād bin Tamīm narrated that his uncle - 'Abdullāh bin Zaid - said: "A man who felt something during Ṣalāh complained to the Prophet ﷺ. He said: 'Do not stop praying unless you notice a smell or hear a sound.'" (Ṣaḥīḥ)
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During prayer, if one is uncertain as to whether or not one has broken wind, but if one's suspicions are corroborated through hearing the sound of wind being released or smelling the foul odor of released gas, then one should exit from the state of prayer and redo one's ablution. Based on this ruling, it becomes clear that breaking wind nullifies one's ablution.