Is it obligatory for a person who has been unconscious for a long time to make up the prayers once he regains consciousness?
Machine translationRead the Arabic original
The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A man was involved in an accident, and the doctors administered what is called anesthesia for twenty-seven days.
The Shaykh:
That is, a narcotic, yes.
The questioner:
He was unconscious during that period, and now he has regained consciousness, praise be to Allah. Is he required to make up the prayers for the days that have passed?
The Shaykh:
No, he cannot make up all those days. This is a person who has lost his mind. A person who has lost his mind for a long time is not required to make up the prayers. The pen is lifted from three: the child until he reaches puberty, the insane person until he regains his sanity, and the sleeping person until he wakes up. This is like the sleeping person, and also like the child. He has lost his mind. Yes.
The presenter:
He says: Honorable Shaykh.
The Shaykh:
If it was anesthesia for one or two days, he would make them up. But for a long period, no. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A man was involved in an accident, and the doctors administered what is called anesthesia for twenty-seven days.
The Shaykh:
That is, a narcotic, yes.
The questioner:
He was unconscious during that period, and now he has regained consciousness, praise be to Allah. Is he required to make up the prayers for the days that have passed?
The Shaykh:
No, he cannot make up all those days. This is a person who has lost his mind. A person who has lost his mind for a long time is not required to make up the prayers. The pen is lifted from three: the child until he reaches puberty, the insane person until he regains his sanity, and the sleeping person until he wakes up. This is like the sleeping person, and also like the child. He has lost his mind. Yes.
The presenter:
He says: Honorable Shaykh.
The Shaykh:
If it was anesthesia for one or two days, he would make them up. But for a long period, no. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل على فاقد الوعي لمدة طويلة قضاء الصلوات إذا استيقظ؟ للشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.