How does a patient who is unable to stand or perform tayammum pray?

The questioner : The questioner says: I prayed in the hospital for several days, and I noticed that the patients, especially those who are bedridden, do not perform the prayers because they are unable to stand, and some cannot even perform tayammum. Is their prayer valid without...

Another questioner : And if tayammum is obligatory in this case, why is it not made available in hospitals?

The Shaykh : We say that patients are required to perform the prayer to the best of their ability, based on the statement of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) to 'Imran ibn Husayn . They are required to pray with wudu' if they are able to do so. If they are not even able to perform tayammum, they pray without it, based on the general meaning of the statement of Allah the Exalted . It is also required that they pray in the order we mentioned: standing, then sitting, then on their side. The prayer is performed with intention. If they are unable to signal with their heads, they signal with their eyes, according to some scholars. If they are unable to do that either, they pray with their hearts: they say takbir, recite, say takbir for ruku' and intend it in their heart, and rise from ruku' by intention. The same applies to the remaining actions, which they intend in their hearts, because this is their capacity. Allah the Exalted said . It makes no difference whether they pray in pure clothes or in impure clothes that they cannot wash or remove. If a patient is wearing impure clothes, or the bedsheet beneath him is impure, and he is unable to purify it or remove it, he prays according to his condition. I have heard that some patients, when their clothes are impure, say, "I will not pray until I am cured of my illness and my clothes are purified." This is forbidden for them. Rather, they are required to pray in these clothes, and there is no need to repeat the prayer afterwards, because this prayer is the obligatory prayer required of them by virtue of the statement of Allah the Exalted . As for the opinion of some scholars that one who is unable to pray in pure clothes and prays in impure clothes must pray and then repeat it, this is undoubtedly a weak opinion. Allah does not obligate His servants to perform two acts of worship, but rather the act of worship is performed once, unless it is repeated by a vow or something similar. Therefore, we say that if one prays in impure clothes or on an impure bedsheet from which he cannot free himself, his prayer is valid and there is no need to repeat it.