Rulings Concerning the Prayer of the Sick Person
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Question:
The questioner, Abu 'Ammar, says: Our father is eighty years old and has been lying on his bed for a long time, unable to move. His mind and thoughts come and go. Honorable Shaykh, when we remind him of the prayer, he shakes his head. Do we have to wake him up for the prayer, or is it sufficient for him to remain on his bed?
Answer:
If he has mind and intellect, then instruct him to pray, and he should pray according to his condition while on his bed. He should perform tayammum (dry ablution with clean earth) instead of wudu' (the ablution for prayer) if wudu' is difficult for him, and he should pray according to his condition,[Al-Baqarah 2:286]. However, if his mind has gone, then there is no prayer required of him because he does not comprehend it. Yes.
The questioner, Abu 'Ammar, says: Our father is eighty years old and has been lying on his bed for a long time, unable to move. His mind and thoughts come and go. Honorable Shaykh, when we remind him of the prayer, he shakes his head. Do we have to wake him up for the prayer, or is it sufficient for him to remain on his bed?
Answer:
If he has mind and intellect, then instruct him to pray, and he should pray according to his condition while on his bed. He should perform tayammum (dry ablution with clean earth) instead of wudu' (the ablution for prayer) if wudu' is difficult for him, and he should pray according to his condition,
Allah does not charge a soul except [with that within] its capacity
لَا يُكَلِّفُ اللَّهُ نَفْسًا إِلَّا وُسْعَهَا
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 6794- الأحكام المتعلقة بصلاة المريض - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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