Wiping the Ears of the One Whom the Doctor Has Prevented from Putting Water in Them

Question:
He says: Your Eminence the Shaykh, I have been afflicted with an illness in my ears, and the doctor has ordered that no water be allowed to enter the inside of the ears during the treatment period at all. So, is the washing of the inside of the ears dropped from me in the case of the full ritual bath for major ritual impurity, and likewise the wiping during the ablution for prayer? And do I switch to dry ablution with clean earth for them?

Answer:
The ears are not washed; rather, they are wiped. The finger is inserted—the two wet fingers are inserted into the ear canals—and they are wiped, and the thumb is turned over the outer surface of them. The ears are wiped; their ruling is the ruling of the head, and the head is wiped, so they are wiped like it. And if the doctor said that no moisture is to come into the inside of the ear, then do not let moisture enter, and do not wipe them from the inside. Wipe them from the outside, and perform dry ablution with clean earth for the inside. Yes.