Equating a person with mental deficiency to a person of unsound mind regarding legal responsibility
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The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. Does a person with mental deficiency, who is mentally impaired, count as a person of unsound mind, and are the religious obligations dropped from him?
The Shaykh:
No. The one who has mental deficiency but still has some thought and has not completely lost his mind is not equated with a person of unsound mind. Yes, as long as he has some remaining intellect, understands what is said to him, and knows the benefits and harms, even if his intellect is deficient, he is not considered among
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. Does a person with mental deficiency, who is mentally impaired, count as a person of unsound mind, and are the religious obligations dropped from him?
The Shaykh:
No. The one who has mental deficiency but still has some thought and has not completely lost his mind is not equated with a person of unsound mind. Yes, as long as he has some remaining intellect, understands what is said to him, and knows the benefits and harms, even if his intellect is deficient, he is not considered among
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الفوزان -أشرطة- شرح زاد المستقنع مع الأسئلة - 088-الحضانة - كتاب الجنايات - 24-10-25 هـ — archive.org (24:14)
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