A person underwent surgery and thought that prayer was not obligatory for him while ill, so he did not pray. What is required of him?
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. One of the young men underwent a surgical operation and thought that prayer was not obligatory for him while he was ill, so he did not pray. What is required of him now?
Answer:
He must make up the missed prayers. He must repent to Allah. He must make up the prayers in order, performing the first day’s prayers before the second day’s, and so on. It is obligatory for him to make them up in order and to hasten to do so. He was in error for not asking. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. One of the young men underwent a surgical operation and thought that prayer was not obligatory for him while he was ill, so he did not pray. What is required of him now?
Answer:
He must make up the missed prayers. He must repent to Allah. He must make up the prayers in order, performing the first day’s prayers before the second day’s, and so on. It is obligatory for him to make them up in order and to hasten to do so. He was in error for not asking. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [4273- 4717] شخص أجريت له عملية وظن أن الصلاة لا تلزمه حال المرض فلم يصل فماذا عليه ؟ - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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