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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Reminding an elderly father to pray and teaching him

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Question:
My father is seventy-five years old. I once told him to pray Maghrib, and he prayed eight rak'ahs. My father is seventy-five years old. I once told him to pray Maghrib, and he prayed eight rak'ahs. I should mention that sometimes when I ask him who I am, he knows me, but sometimes when the time for prayer comes and I tell him to get up and pray, he asks, "Pray what?" Should we make an effort to remind him of the prayer times and teach him how to pray, or what should we do?

Answer:
Yes, yes, strive with him to teach him and to make him perform the prayer. Allah does not address a soul except with what it is capable of. You should reflect on what you can do to remind him and teach him. As for him, if his understanding is weak, or if he sometimes does not have the supplication
Allah does not charge a soul except [with that within] its capacityلَا يُكَلِّفُ اللَّهُ نَفْسًا إِلَّا وُسْعَهَا
[Al-Baqarah 2:286]
. Yes. And Allah the Exalted knows best, and may Allah send blessings and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad and upon his family and his Companions.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 141/96 شرح زاد المستقنع/ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (47:03)

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