The ruling on the obligation of one who has lost his memory and one who is unconscious
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The questioner:
Salih says: An elderly man has lost his memory. Are the religious obligations binding on him?
The Shaykh:
If he has no intellect or awareness, then nothing is required of him,[Al-Baqarah 2:286], for obligation is contingent upon intellect and awareness. Yes.
The questioner:
And if he is unconscious.
The Shaykh:
No, the unconscious person, if he regains consciousness, makes up what is due. If the unconsciousness lasts for many days or months and then he regains consciousness, he prays what remains of the future, meaning. As for what passed while he was unconscious during this long period, he does not make it up. Yes.
Salih says: An elderly man has lost his memory. Are the religious obligations binding on him?
The Shaykh:
If he has no intellect or awareness, then nothing is required of him,
Allah does not charge a soul except [with that within] its capacity
لَا يُكَلِّفُ اللَّهُ نَفْسًا إِلَّا وُسْعَهَاThe questioner:
And if he is unconscious.
The Shaykh:
No, the unconscious person, if he regains consciousness, makes up what is due. If the unconsciousness lasts for many days or months and then he regains consciousness, he prays what remains of the future, meaning. As for what passed while he was unconscious during this long period, he does not make it up. Yes.
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نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 02/237 — archive.org (9:52)
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