Ruling on the exemption from ritual purity for the sick person
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Question:
The questioner says: I heard that a sick person who is unable to perform ritual purity is exempt from wudu' (ablution) and is not required to maintain taharah (ritual purity). Is this correct? Could you please clarify this? May Allah bless you.
Answer:
This statement is invalid (batil). Prayer is not valid without taharah (ritual purity), either through wudu' (ablution) or purification from the two states of ritual impurity, the major and the minor. It is necessary to achieve purity with water. If one does not find water, or if using it is difficult due to illness or the like, then he performs tayammum (dry ablution) with earth that has dust on it. He strikes the ground and wipes his face and his hands with one strike or two strikes. Yes.
The questioner says: I heard that a sick person who is unable to perform ritual purity is exempt from wudu' (ablution) and is not required to maintain taharah (ritual purity). Is this correct? Could you please clarify this? May Allah bless you.
Answer:
This statement is invalid (batil). Prayer is not valid without taharah (ritual purity), either through wudu' (ablution) or purification from the two states of ritual impurity, the major and the minor. It is necessary to achieve purity with water. If one does not find water, or if using it is difficult due to illness or the like, then he performs tayammum (dry ablution) with earth that has dust on it. He strikes the ground and wipes his face and his hands with one strike or two strikes. Yes.
Source
قناة «إذاعة القرآن الكريم»، نور على الدرب مع معالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان ح7583 — youtube.com (15:26)
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