The Ruling on Delaying Prayer in the Hospital
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Question:
Some patients say that they are in the hospital and they delay the prayers until they leave, and they make excuses, saying that their clothes are not pure.
Answer:
This is ignorance, and it is not permissible. This is strictly forbidden. Abandoning the prayer until one leaves the hospital is wrong. Patients must pray according to their condition. If they are able to remove the clothes and wash away the impurity, that is required and obligatory for them. But if they are unable to do so, he prays on his bed or on the ground, even if he is wearing impure clothes, if he cannot pray in anything else and fears that the time will pass. In that case, he prays according to his condition. So fear Allah as much as you are able. Yes.
Some patients say that they are in the hospital and they delay the prayers until they leave, and they make excuses, saying that their clothes are not pure.
Answer:
This is ignorance, and it is not permissible. This is strictly forbidden. Abandoning the prayer until one leaves the hospital is wrong. Patients must pray according to their condition. If they are able to remove the clothes and wash away the impurity, that is required and obligatory for them. But if they are unable to do so, he prays on his bed or on the ground, even if he is wearing impure clothes, if he cannot pray in anything else and fears that the time will pass. In that case, he prays according to his condition. So fear Allah as much as you are able. Yes.
Source
صلاة المريض في ثياب غير طاهرة. — af.org.sa
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