Dealing with a mother whose mind wanders during prayer
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Question:
He has another point where he says: Praise be to Allah. I am dutiful to my father and my mother. I have been patient with my father and I serve him in the hospital. As for my mother, she is with me at home, and her mind sometimes leaves her, then returns, then leaves again, then returns. When I tell her, "Pray, O my mother," she prays, but she prays, for example, more than four rak'ahs for the Dhuhr prayer, adding and subtracting. What is the Shaykh's opinion on this?
Answer:
Allah the Exalted said:[At-Taghabun 64:16] If she has her mind and presence for the prayer, then you order her to pray when the time enters and you help her with the prayer. May Allah reward you and grant you success in being dutiful to her and treating her with excellence. This is a good deed for which you will be rewarded. Teach her the number of rak'ahs, remind her of that, and help her. She prays according to her ability and capacity, [Al-Baqarah 2:286]. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
He has another point where he says: Praise be to Allah. I am dutiful to my father and my mother. I have been patient with my father and I serve him in the hospital. As for my mother, she is with me at home, and her mind sometimes leaves her, then returns, then leaves again, then returns. When I tell her, "Pray, O my mother," she prays, but she prays, for example, more than four rak'ahs for the Dhuhr prayer, adding and subtracting. What is the Shaykh's opinion on this?
Answer:
Allah the Exalted said:
So fear Allah as much as you are able
فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُمْAllah does not charge a soul except [with that within] its capacity
لَا يُكَلِّفُ اللَّهُ نَفْسًا إِلَّا وُسْعَهَاThe presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، برنامج (فتاوى) (081) لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان بتاريخ [1436-03-02] - كبار العلماء — youtube.com (10:46)
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