The Ruling on Fasting and Praying on Behalf of an Elderly Woman Who Has Lost Her Mental Capacity
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The questioner:
The questioner says: An elderly woman, over eighty years old, passed away at the beginning of Ramadan. She had been bedridden for a period, and her memory was also not good; she did not distinguish between things. He asks: Does she owe zakah for the years she did not fast? And does she have a sin for the prayers she left?
The Shaykh:
If a Muslim has his senses and his mind, but is unable to fast permanently due to a chronic illness or old age, he feeds a poor person on his behalf for each day, the amount being one and a half kilograms of food.
As for the one who has no thought, no understanding of matters, and no perception of things, he is not subject to religious obligation, because the obligation of the rulings of the Shari'ah follows reason and understanding. As long as he has lost his reason, nothing is required of him.Sunan al-Bayhaqi 6:146 until he regains consciousness. A madman who has no reason is not subject to obligation until his reason returns to him. Yes.
The presenter:
When will you find Sa'id?
The Shaykh:
And Allah the Exalted knows best, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet
The questioner says: An elderly woman, over eighty years old, passed away at the beginning of Ramadan. She had been bedridden for a period, and her memory was also not good; she did not distinguish between things. He asks: Does she owe zakah for the years she did not fast? And does she have a sin for the prayers she left?
The Shaykh:
If a Muslim has his senses and his mind, but is unable to fast permanently due to a chronic illness or old age, he feeds a poor person on his behalf for each day, the amount being one and a half kilograms of food.
As for the one who has no thought, no understanding of matters, and no perception of things, he is not subject to religious obligation, because the obligation of the rulings of the Shari'ah follows reason and understanding. As long as he has lost his reason, nothing is required of him.
The pen is lifted from three: from the child until he reaches puberty, from the sleeper until he wakes up, and from the madman until
رفع القلم عن ثلاثة عن الصبي حتى يحتلم وعن النائم حتى يستيقظ وعن المجنون حتىThe presenter:
When will you find Sa'id?
The Shaykh:
And Allah the Exalted knows best, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet
Source
مجالس رمضان 1430هـ - 06 — alfawzan.live (36:41)
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