Classifying the Mentally Deficient with the Insane
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, does one who has a mental deficiency fall under the category of the insane, and are the religious obligations lifted from him?
Answer:
It is not the one who has a mental deficiency, but rather the one who has a mind that has not completely lost its reason. Is this person considered a person of unsound mind? Is this person considered a person of unsound mind? Yes, as long as he retains some reason, understands what is said to him, and knows the benefits and harms, even if his reason is deficient, he is not considered among those of unsound mind; he is considered a person of deficient reason.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, does one who has a mental deficiency fall under the category of the insane, and are the religious obligations lifted from him?
Answer:
It is not the one who has a mental deficiency, but rather the one who has a mind that has not completely lost its reason. Is this person considered a person of unsound mind? Is this person considered a person of unsound mind? Yes, as long as he retains some reason, understands what is said to him, and knows the benefits and harms, even if his reason is deficient, he is not considered among those of unsound mind; he is considered a person of deficient reason.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 099 من 123 / شرح كتاب زاد المستقنع / الجنايات / صالح الفوزان / الفقه / كبار العلماء — youtube.com (25:37)
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