I was afflicted with an illness and abandoned the prayer for a year. Is it obligatory for me to make it up, or what?

Question:
I was afflicted with an illness five years ago, and because of my illness, I became exhausted in performing the prayer. Consequently, I abandoned the prayer for a period exceeding one year. What is obligatory for me? Is it obligatory to make up the prayers, or what? Please inform us, may Allah reward you with good.

Answer:
The prayer is not dropped for a person with waswasah (whispers) in any state, as long as his mind is sound. However, he prays it according to his ability.
Allah the Exalted said: The sick person prays according to his condition and according to what he is able to do. The saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) to the sick person: . In another narration, it says, "And if you cannot, then lie on your back, with your feet toward the qiblah." This indicates that the person of discernment prays according to his condition and does not abandon the prayer. If he is able to purify himself with water, he performs wudu' with water for minor ritual impurity and performs ghusl with water for major ritual impurity. If he is unable to use water, either due to his inability or his illness, he performs tayammum with dust. This is based on the saying of the Exalted and Majestic: The sick are mentioned among those commanded to do so. If using water is difficult for them or harms them, they perform tayammum with clean earth. This is a facilitation from Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He.
If the sick person utilizes these legal dispensations, his prayer will not be difficult for him, and it is not permissible for him to abandon it. Pray according to your condition: pray on your bed, standing, sitting, or on your side. Indicate with your head for ruku' and sujud, and make the indication for sujud lower than the indication for ruku'. That is, indicate with your head for ruku' and sujud, and make your sujud lower than your ruku', as stated in the hadiths. Your abandonment of the prayer for this period, or less, or more, is a mistake, a great mistake. Consequently, it is obligatory for you to make up the prayers. It is obligatory for you to make up the prayers of one year, performing them in order: the first day, then the next, and the next, until you finish. Every obligatory prayer is performed before the one that follows it among the five prayers. If you distribute them over periods, you pray what is easy for you in each period, then in the second period you pray, and so on in the third, and so forth, until the year is finished. There is no harm in that. It is possible. The important thing is that it is obligatory for you to make up the prayers, and you are wrong in abandoning the prayer. You must repent to Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He. On this occasion, we advise the sick, may Allah heal them and bestow upon them healing and well-being, to fear Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, and to perform the prayer according to their ability, whether on their beds or their mattresses, as they are able. They should not let the prayer be missed, go out of its time, or be postponed. They should not say, "If we are healed, we will perform ghusl," or "If we are healed, we will perform wudu' and pray." This is ignorance. Even if the sick person is wearing impure clothes. Yes.
If he is unable to remove it and replace it with pure clothing, he prays in it even if it is impure, and he does not repeat the prayer, based on the saying of Allah the Exalted: This is the limit of his ability. Yes.