Abandoning prayer out of ignorance while staying in the hospital

The questioner:
May Allah reward you. I say many things; I say many things, I do not know the situation, and I am in the hospital, and at prayer time I am aware of it much of the time, and I wake up leaning on it, and I do not know which direction to face, and we ask on a calm day about my prayer, and what is required of me?

The Shaykh:
What is he saying?

The questioner:
And sometimes he does not know the trials.

The Shaykh:
And sometimes.

The questioner:
Yes, if Allah wills.

The Shaykh:
This is what we mentioned: we said that it is not permissible to be lax in prayer, and one must not abandon prayer. My brother, if something is unclear to you, ask. Ask the scholars you have, the students of knowledge who pass by you, ask the hospital staff; they are all Muslims, praise be to Allah, and they care about the affairs of religion. Ask, my brother, so do not abandon prayer, even if you are sick, even if you are lying on the bed, do not abandon prayer under any circumstances. Pray according to your condition. As for what happened to the questioner, where he abandoned prayer out of ignorance for this period, it is obligatory for him to make up the missed prayers along with repentance to Allah. It is obligatory for him to make them up in order: the five prayers of the first day, the five prayers of the second day, and so on, until he finishes all the prayers he missed. His obligation is not discharged except by doing so.