The Prayer of the Ill Woman Who Is Unable to Achieve Ritual Purity
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Question:
The questioner says: An elderly woman is afflicted with an illness and cannot move, so she abandons the prayer because of the impurity in her diapers. What do you advise this woman to do, and how does she perform the ablution?
Answer:
A Muslim never abandons the prayer as long as he has his mind, so he does not abandon the prayer, but he prays it according to his condition. He does not abandon it ever, even if he is wearing impure clothes and cannot change them, or if he has not performed the ablution or dry ablution, and he cannot perform dry ablution or ablution with water, he prays. Without ablution and without dry ablution, according to his condition, he never abandons the prayer. The obligatory acts and conditions are dropped due to incapacity, but the prayer is not dropped.
The questioner says: An elderly woman is afflicted with an illness and cannot move, so she abandons the prayer because of the impurity in her diapers. What do you advise this woman to do, and how does she perform the ablution?
Answer:
A Muslim never abandons the prayer as long as he has his mind, so he does not abandon the prayer, but he prays it according to his condition. He does not abandon it ever, even if he is wearing impure clothes and cannot change them, or if he has not performed the ablution or dry ablution, and he cannot perform dry ablution or ablution with water, he prays. Without ablution and without dry ablution, according to his condition, he never abandons the prayer. The obligatory acts and conditions are dropped due to incapacity, but the prayer is not dropped.
Source
لقاء مفتوح 20-09-1435هـ — alfawzan.live (29:25)
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