Reminding an elderly father to pray
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The questioner:
My father is seventy-five years old. Yes, I told him once to pray Maghrib, and he prayed eight rak'ahs. I should mention that sometimes when I ask him who I am, he knows me, and sometimes when the time for prayer comes and I tell him to get up and pray, he asks, "What prayer?" Then he whispers, "Yes, yes."
The Shaykh:
Yes, you should strive to teach him and remind him to pray[Al-Mu'minun 23:62] Allah [Al-Mu'minun 23:62] You should do your best to remind and teach him, but as for him, if his understanding is weak or if he sometimes has no understanding at all [Al-Baqarah 2:286].
My father is seventy-five years old. Yes, I told him once to pray Maghrib, and he prayed eight rak'ahs. I should mention that sometimes when I ask him who I am, he knows me, and sometimes when the time for prayer comes and I tell him to get up and pray, he asks, "What prayer?" Then he whispers, "Yes, yes."
The Shaykh:
Yes, you should strive to teach him and remind him to pray
And We charge
وَلَا نُكَلِّفُsoul except [with that within] its capacity
نَفْسًا إِلَّا وُسْعَهَاAllah does not charge a soul except [with that within] its capacity
لَا يُكَلِّفُ اللَّهُ نَفْسًا إِلَّا وُسْعَهَا
Source
شرح زاد المستقنع [59] — alfawzan.live (1:19:31)
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