Rulings on Accompanying a Patient, Cleaning Him, and Praying with Him

Question:
This questioner says: I have been accompanying my father in the hospital for eight months, and I wash him and perform wudu' for him, Honorable Shaykh. I also touch his 'awrah and clean him, Honorable Shaykh. As for my prayer, Honorable Shaykh, I go and pray with him in the same room, even though he is sitting on the bed.

Answer:
As for the prayer, you go and pray in the mosque because you have no excuse if you hear the call to prayer and there is a nearby mosque. You pray with the congregation in the mosque and return to the patient. You are rewarded for serving him as you described. May Allah reward you with good. As for touching his private parts, do not look at them. Be behind a barrier; put your hand in from behind a barrier, and have a bag on your hand as well, meaning wear socks, and do not touch his private parts directly. Clean him, and you are doing good in this, and you have a great reward from Allah. Yes.