Dealing with an elderly father regarding the matter of prayer
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. My father is seventy-five years old. I once told him to pray Maghrib, and he prayed eight rak'ahs. I should mention that sometimes when I ask him who I am, he knows me, but other times when the time for prayer comes and I tell him to get up and pray, he asks, "Pray what?" So, should we exert ourselves with him in reminding him of the times of prayer and teaching him the prayer, or what should we do with him?
The Shaykh:
Yes, yes, we strive to teach him and remind him of the prayer.[Al-Mu'minun 23:62] Allah [Al-Mu'minun 23:62] You do your best to remind and teach him, but as for him, if his understanding is weak or sometimes he has no understanding at all, [Al-Baqarah 2:286]. Yes.
The presenter:
You.
The Shaykh:
And Allah the Exalted knows best, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad and upon his family and his Companions.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. My father is seventy-five years old. I once told him to pray Maghrib, and he prayed eight rak'ahs. I should mention that sometimes when I ask him who I am, he knows me, but other times when the time for prayer comes and I tell him to get up and pray, he asks, "Pray what?" So, should we exert ourselves with him in reminding him of the times of prayer and teaching him the prayer, or what should we do with him?
The Shaykh:
Yes, yes, we strive to teach him and remind him of the prayer.
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 وُسْعَهَاThe presenter:
You.
The Shaykh:
And Allah the Exalted knows best, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad and upon his family and his Companions.
Source
الفوزان -أشرطة- شرح زاد المستقنع مع الأسئلة - 061-الشفعة والوديعة - 15-1-24 هـ — archive.org (43:27)
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