A sick person who can attend the congregation but with difficulty: what should he do?

The questioner : We cited the saying of Allah, Mighty and Majestic, as evidence for leaving the Friday prayer and the congregation. But if, for example, a person is suffering from the flu. He is able to attend the Friday prayer and the congregation. But it is a great hardship for him.

The Shaykh : He prays in his home. He prays in his home.

The questioner : But this person is able to attend, and Allah, Mighty and Majestic, said.

The Shaykh : You say with him there is hardship.

The questioner : Yes, and this is correct.

The Shaykh : This hardship is not within his ability to bear. Because no sick person says he is absolutely unable to do it; he can, for example, bring people to carry him, as the Companions did. A man would be carried between two men until he was placed in the row. Also, a person may be so tired when he reaches the mosque that he is anxious about performing the prayer, experiencing palpitations in his heart or dizziness in his head. But if he prays in his home, he will be at ease.