The obligation toward an elderly parent who forgets in his prayer
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Question:
This questioner says: My father is old, so sometimes he remembers some things and sometimes he forgets them. When we tell him to pray a specific obligatory prayer with a certain number of units, he says the takbir for prayer and prays one unit, or sometimes adds more, without paying attention to the pillars of the prayer. What is our obligation toward our father?
Answer:
The obligation is that you remind him, and he prays according to his ability.[Al-Baqarah 2:286] You remind him, or you leave him alone if he prays, even if he becomes distracted or if this is his ability and capacity. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh,
This questioner says: My father is old, so sometimes he remembers some things and sometimes he forgets them. When we tell him to pray a specific obligatory prayer with a certain number of units, he says the takbir for prayer and prays one unit, or sometimes adds more, without paying attention to the pillars of the prayer. What is our obligation toward our father?
Answer:
The obligation is that you remind him, and he prays according to his ability.
Allah does not charge a soul except [with that within] its capacity
لَا يُكَلِّفُ اللَّهُ نَفْسًا إِلَّا وُسْعَهَاThe presenter:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh,
Source
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