Chemotherapy and Its Effect on Performing the Prayers
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The presenter:
The second question, O Fahd. The second question, shortening the television, O Fahd?
The questioner:
May Allah reward you with good and have mercy on your parents. The second question, O long-lived one. I have a sister who has cancer, and I supplicate for her, O Shaykh. They are giving her chemotherapy, and she hears people saying that chemotherapy is forbidden. During the chemotherapy, O Shaykh, she misses the 'Asr, Maghrib, and 'Isha' prayers. Go, may Allah reward you with good and have mercy on your parents.
The presenter:
Thank you, O Fahd.
The Shaykh:
We ask Allah for her healing and well-being. Taking chemotherapy is not forbidden; it is a treatment from the permissible medicines, and praise be to Allah. As for the prayer, she combines the two prayers, either by combining them early or by combining them late. If she begins the treatment before the time of the first prayer enters, she delays it until the second prayer and combines it with the second prayer as a late combination. If the treatment is finished and she catches the time before the treatment for the first prayer begins, she prays the first prayer and prays the second with it as an early combination, depending on the circumstances. May Allah help her. Yes.
The presenter:
Amen.
The second question, O Fahd. The second question, shortening the television, O Fahd?
The questioner:
May Allah reward you with good and have mercy on your parents. The second question, O long-lived one. I have a sister who has cancer, and I supplicate for her, O Shaykh. They are giving her chemotherapy, and she hears people saying that chemotherapy is forbidden. During the chemotherapy, O Shaykh, she misses the 'Asr, Maghrib, and 'Isha' prayers. Go, may Allah reward you with good and have mercy on your parents.
The presenter:
Thank you, O Fahd.
The Shaykh:
We ask Allah for her healing and well-being. Taking chemotherapy is not forbidden; it is a treatment from the permissible medicines, and praise be to Allah. As for the prayer, she combines the two prayers, either by combining them early or by combining them late. If she begins the treatment before the time of the first prayer enters, she delays it until the second prayer and combines it with the second prayer as a late combination. If the treatment is finished and she catches the time before the treatment for the first prayer begins, she prays the first prayer and prays the second with it as an early combination, depending on the circumstances. May Allah help her. Yes.
The presenter:
Amen.
Source
فتاوى على الهواء 23-03-1436هـ — af.org.sa (36:31)
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