The Ruling on the Legal Accountability of the Deaf, Mute, and Blind
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The questioner : The second question, Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Go ahead.
The questioner : A woman is deaf, mute, and blind. Is it obligatory for her to perform the rulings of the Shari'ah?
The Shaykh : How old is she?
The questioner : About twenty, I mean.
The Shaykh : Does she understand these rulings?
The questioner : She does not understand anything that is said to her.
The Shaykh : Well, if she does not understand anything, how can anything be made obligatory upon her? No.
The questioner : I am telling you that she is deaf.
The Shaykh : I understood, my dear. Did you understand the answer?
The questioner : Yes, Shaykh. Please say it one more time, no harm.
The Shaykh : I am saying that if she does not understand anything, how can anything be made obligatory upon her?
The questioner : Yes, if she does not understand anything, then nothing is obligatory upon her, of course. Yes. Well, Shaykh, sometimes in some occasions...
The Shaykh : My brother, I am answering based on what you are telling me.
The questioner : Yes, Shaykh.
The Shaykh : But if her father and mother spoke to her by sign, for example, took her hand and washed it and her mouth, and so on, do you think she would not understand them? I do not know, because she has not been afflicted with this. Yes. Praise be to Allah.
The questioner : Praise be to Allah.
The Shaykh : But I mean that the answer is based on the question. So if she truly cannot understand anything, then nothing is obligatory upon her.
The questioner : Yes, but they should try with her.
The Shaykh : Yes, they should do what is possible.
The questioner : Yes, may Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : Go ahead.
The questioner : A woman is deaf, mute, and blind. Is it obligatory for her to perform the rulings of the Shari'ah?
The Shaykh : How old is she?
The questioner : About twenty, I mean.
The Shaykh : Does she understand these rulings?
The questioner : She does not understand anything that is said to her.
The Shaykh : Well, if she does not understand anything, how can anything be made obligatory upon her? No.
The questioner : I am telling you that she is deaf.
The Shaykh : I understood, my dear. Did you understand the answer?
The questioner : Yes, Shaykh. Please say it one more time, no harm.
The Shaykh : I am saying that if she does not understand anything, how can anything be made obligatory upon her?
The questioner : Yes, if she does not understand anything, then nothing is obligatory upon her, of course. Yes. Well, Shaykh, sometimes in some occasions...
The Shaykh : My brother, I am answering based on what you are telling me.
The questioner : Yes, Shaykh.
The Shaykh : But if her father and mother spoke to her by sign, for example, took her hand and washed it and her mouth, and so on, do you think she would not understand them? I do not know, because she has not been afflicted with this. Yes. Praise be to Allah.
The questioner : Praise be to Allah.
The Shaykh : But I mean that the answer is based on the question. So if she truly cannot understand anything, then nothing is obligatory upon her.
The questioner : Yes, but they should try with her.
The Shaykh : Yes, they should do what is possible.
The questioner : Yes, may Allah reward you with good.
Source
سلسلة الهدى والنور، المجلس 1210 — d3watuna.com (4:55)
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