The ruling on combining prayers for a patient in the hospital
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Question:
The brother questioner says: I am in the hospital for a surgery, and I was combining the prayers, Honorable Shaykh, to make it easier for me because I am sick. So I was combining the midday prayer with the afternoon prayer, and the sunset prayer with the night prayer.
Answer:
Yes, if you need to combine because of the illness, and combining is easier for you, then you combine. It is permissible for the sick person to combine if he needs it. Yes.
The brother questioner says: I am in the hospital for a surgery, and I was combining the prayers, Honorable Shaykh, to make it easier for me because I am sick. So I was combining the midday prayer with the afternoon prayer, and the sunset prayer with the night prayer.
Answer:
Yes, if you need to combine because of the illness, and combining is easier for you, then you combine. It is permissible for the sick person to combine if he needs it. Yes.
Source
قناة «إذاعة القرآن الكريم»، نور على الدرب مع فضيلة الشيخ صالح الفوزان ح7460 — youtube.com (9:31)
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