The Prayer of a Kidney Dialysis Patient Without Wudu
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The questioner:
A man, may Allah have mercy on him, is currently undergoing kidney dialysis. He also has, my brother, other chronic illnesses: diabetes, a headache, high blood pressure, and other things. He says, Shaykh, may Allah reward you with good. Sometimes during the dialysis time, he is not in a state of wudu' (ablution) initially. He is not in a state of wudu', so he is forced to pray without wudu' while he is on the machine. Is this permissible, Shaykh, or not? This is the question. The second question, Shaykh.
The presenter:
Wait, let the Shaykh answer.
The Shaykh:
No, my brother, you pray before entering the dialysis or after it. If the time for prayer has entered before you enter the dialysis, you pray before. If the time enters during the dialysis, you delay the prayer until you are finished.
The questioner:
For example, Shaykh, I go in, I mean, I get on the machine, and after ten minutes I sit in the dialysis for three and a half hours. Is it permissible to delay the prayer? I mean, maybe Maghrib comes in, so I go from 'Asr until Maghrib comes in.
The Shaykh:
Yes.
The presenter:
Listen to the answer.
The Shaykh:
I say: delay the prayer until you finish washing, and then pray.
The questioner:
Yes. With you.
A man, may Allah have mercy on him, is currently undergoing kidney dialysis. He also has, my brother, other chronic illnesses: diabetes, a headache, high blood pressure, and other things. He says, Shaykh, may Allah reward you with good. Sometimes during the dialysis time, he is not in a state of wudu' (ablution) initially. He is not in a state of wudu', so he is forced to pray without wudu' while he is on the machine. Is this permissible, Shaykh, or not? This is the question. The second question, Shaykh.
The presenter:
Wait, let the Shaykh answer.
The Shaykh:
No, my brother, you pray before entering the dialysis or after it. If the time for prayer has entered before you enter the dialysis, you pray before. If the time enters during the dialysis, you delay the prayer until you are finished.
The questioner:
For example, Shaykh, I go in, I mean, I get on the machine, and after ten minutes I sit in the dialysis for three and a half hours. Is it permissible to delay the prayer? I mean, maybe Maghrib comes in, so I go from 'Asr until Maghrib comes in.
The Shaykh:
Yes.
The presenter:
Listen to the answer.
The Shaykh:
I say: delay the prayer until you finish washing, and then pray.
The questioner:
Yes. With you.
Source
قناة «مؤسسة الدعوة الخيرية»، فتاوى على الهواء الفوزان 25-01-1438هـ — youtube.com (14:25)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.