The ruling on the prayer of a patient suffering from brain strokes
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Question:
Your Eminence, a person has sent you this question. The questioner says: My father is old, uneducated, and has suffered several strokes in his head, leaving him without control. He usually prays without being in a state of ritual purity. We have explained this to him several times, but he continues to do so. What is the ruling on his prayer, and what is our duty toward him?
Answer:
Allah the Exalted said:[At-Taghabun 64:16] It may be that prayer is not required of him if he does not have mental capacity; if he lacks understanding, then prayer is not required of him. However, if he prays, and you have him pray, he prays as a precaution. So Ibrahim prays according to his condition, [Al-Baqarah 2:286].
Your Eminence, a person has sent you this question. The questioner says: My father is old, uneducated, and has suffered several strokes in his head, leaving him without control. He usually prays without being in a state of ritual purity. We have explained this to him several times, but he continues to do so. What is the ruling on his prayer, and what is our duty toward him?
Answer:
Allah the Exalted said:
So fear Allah as much as you are able
فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُمْAllah does not charge a soul except [with that within] its capacity
لَا يُكَلِّفُ اللَّهُ نَفْسًا إِلَّا وُسْعَهَا
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [46\ 3436] حكم صلاة المريض الذي يعاني من جلطات المخ | الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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