The ruling on a sick person praying in a hospital facing a direction other than the qiblah
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, a sick man is lying in a hospital and his position is facing a direction other than the qiblah. Is it obligatory for him to have someone with him to help him face the qiblah in every prayer, given that he is unable to face it himself?
Answer:
If someone is present with him to direct him, then it is obligatory for him to do so. But if no one is present, he prays according to his condition. Allah the Exalted said:[At-Taghabun 64:16] and it is not obligatory for him to have someone present. If someone is present with him, praise be to Allah, he directs him toward the qiblah. If no one is present with him, he prays in the direction he is able to face [Al-Baqarah 2:115] [Al-Baqarah 2:286]. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, a sick man is lying in a hospital and his position is facing a direction other than the qiblah. Is it obligatory for him to have someone with him to help him face the qiblah in every prayer, given that he is unable to face it himself?
Answer:
If someone is present with him to direct him, then it is obligatory for him to do so. But if no one is present, he prays according to his condition. Allah the Exalted said:
So fear Allah as much as you are able
فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُمْSo wherever you [might] turn, there is the Face of Allah
فَأَيْنَمَا تُوَلُّوا فَثَمَّ وَجْهُ اللَّهِAllah does not charge a soul except [with that within] its capacity
لَا يُكَلِّفُ اللَّهُ نَفْسًا إِلَّا وُسْعَهَا
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 141/71 شرح زاد المستقنع/ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (9:56)
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