The Ablution and Prayer for One Who Has Undergone Eye Surgery
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The questioner:
The Shaykh: Today I had surgery and left the hospital. The doctor told me that since the surgery was on the eye, I should wipe the area where the surgery was not performed, meaning I should wipe with water during the ablution. The second thing, may Allah prolong your life, he told me that bowing and prostrating are necessary in the prayer. I asked him how I should pray? He said, by gesturing, on the basis that bowing and prostrating would harm the eye surgery. So, may Allah reward you with good, and may Allah have mercy on you and bless you.
The presenter:
Thank you. Shaykh Salih says he had eye surgery. Regarding the ablution, the doctor told him not to bow or prostrate, but rather to gesture?
The Shaykh:
Regarding the ablution, if there is a covering on the eye that the doctor placed and it is necessary, then he wipes over the covering and that suffices for washing what is underneath it, because it is like a cast on a wound. As for bowing and prostrating, if it is difficult for him and the doctor forbids him from prostrating on the ground, then he gestures with his bowing and prostration, making his prostration lower than his bowing. That is, he gestures with his head; the gesture is with the head for bowing and prostration. Yes.
The Shaykh: Today I had surgery and left the hospital. The doctor told me that since the surgery was on the eye, I should wipe the area where the surgery was not performed, meaning I should wipe with water during the ablution. The second thing, may Allah prolong your life, he told me that bowing and prostrating are necessary in the prayer. I asked him how I should pray? He said, by gesturing, on the basis that bowing and prostrating would harm the eye surgery. So, may Allah reward you with good, and may Allah have mercy on you and bless you.
The presenter:
Thank you. Shaykh Salih says he had eye surgery. Regarding the ablution, the doctor told him not to bow or prostrate, but rather to gesture?
The Shaykh:
Regarding the ablution, if there is a covering on the eye that the doctor placed and it is necessary, then he wipes over the covering and that suffices for washing what is underneath it, because it is like a cast on a wound. As for bowing and prostrating, if it is difficult for him and the doctor forbids him from prostrating on the ground, then he gestures with his bowing and prostration, making his prostration lower than his bowing. That is, he gestures with his head; the gesture is with the head for bowing and prostration. Yes.
Source
قناة «مكة و المدينة»، 07 فتاوى على الهواء - 23 / 03 / 1433هـ _ الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (22:12)
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