A daughter suffering from intellectual disability: Is it obligatory for her mother to command her to pray and perform other acts of obedience?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, this woman says that she has a daughter who is eleven years old and has severe intellectual disability.
Answer:
Ten. Eleven years old. Yes. She has a moderate intellectual disability according to the hospital report, and she studies special curricula. She has difficulties. The woman asks, or says: Is my daughter considered accountable, and is she to be commanded to pray? How should I deal with her? Is there anything required of me if I leave her and do not wake her for prayer? Knowing that I suffer hardship in doing so, as she sometimes prays and often refuses. She is accountable to the extent of her intellect. You command her to pray and oblige her to do so when her mind is present. You oblige her to pray and are patient with the hardship. You are rewarded, if Allah wills. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, this woman says that she has a daughter who is eleven years old and has severe intellectual disability.
Answer:
Ten. Eleven years old. Yes. She has a moderate intellectual disability according to the hospital report, and she studies special curricula. She has difficulties. The woman asks, or says: Is my daughter considered accountable, and is she to be commanded to pray? How should I deal with her? Is there anything required of me if I leave her and do not wake her for prayer? Knowing that I suffer hardship in doing so, as she sometimes prays and often refuses. She is accountable to the extent of her intellect. You command her to pray and oblige her to do so when her mind is present. You oblige her to pray and are patient with the hardship. You are rewarded, if Allah wills. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [544 -582] بنت مصابة بالتخلف العقلي، هل يجب على أمها أن تأمرها بالصلاة وسائر الطاعات؟ — youtube.com
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