What is the criterion for an illness that excuses a person from attending the congregational prayer?
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what are the excuses, or what are the illnesses, for which a person is excused from attending the congregation? Is there a limit that the illness must reach before this person is considered among those with valid excuses? For example, is a person suffering from a cold considered ill and thus excused from attending the congregation?
Answer:
The illness that serves as an excuse is the illness that is affected if he goes out to the mosque; it is affected by going out to the mosque, and the illness increases on him because of his going out, or the illness doubles in severity on him. Or the illness incapacitates him, such that he has a physical inability to walk or to ride. Excuses differ, and illnesses differ. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what are the excuses, or what are the illnesses, for which a person is excused from attending the congregation? Is there a limit that the illness must reach before this person is considered among those with valid excuses? For example, is a person suffering from a cold considered ill and thus excused from attending the congregation?
Answer:
The illness that serves as an excuse is the illness that is affected if he goes out to the mosque; it is affected by going out to the mosque, and the illness increases on him because of his going out, or the illness doubles in severity on him. Or the illness incapacitates him, such that he has a physical inability to walk or to ride. Excuses differ, and illnesses differ. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [3720- 4717] ما ضابط المرض الذي يعذر به الإنسان عن حضور صلاة الجماعة؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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