The Ruling on the Prayer of a Woman Afflicted with a Brain Stroke
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Question:
This sister who is asking mentioned her mother and said: My mother was struck by a stroke on her right side. She used to be a woman of prayer, performing the late-night prayer and reciting the Qur'an, but now she does none of that. She knows us and communicates with us by gesture, but we do not know about her memory now. I am afraid for her of a bad ending. As for the prayer, Honorable Shaykh, what is her situation? How do we wake her for prayer?
Answer:
Yes, if she is of sound mind regarding the prayer, she is to be woken for it and commanded to perform it. If she is able to purify herself with water, she purifies herself, even if she needs someone to help her do so. If she is unable to use water, she performs tayammum with dust and prays, and praise be to Allah. Or someone performs tayammum for her with dust by striking the dust with his hands and then wiping her face and palms with them. It is obligatory that she be made aware of it or woken for the prayer and commanded to perform it. However, if she has no thought and does not recall the prayer, then there is no prayer required of her in this case. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
This sister who is asking mentioned her mother and said: My mother was struck by a stroke on her right side. She used to be a woman of prayer, performing the late-night prayer and reciting the Qur'an, but now she does none of that. She knows us and communicates with us by gesture, but we do not know about her memory now. I am afraid for her of a bad ending. As for the prayer, Honorable Shaykh, what is her situation? How do we wake her for prayer?
Answer:
Yes, if she is of sound mind regarding the prayer, she is to be woken for it and commanded to perform it. If she is able to purify herself with water, she purifies herself, even if she needs someone to help her do so. If she is unable to use water, she performs tayammum with dust and prays, and praise be to Allah. Or someone performs tayammum for her with dust by striking the dust with his hands and then wiping her face and palms with them. It is obligatory that she be made aware of it or woken for the prayer and commanded to perform it. However, if she has no thought and does not recall the prayer, then there is no prayer required of her in this case. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/026 — archive.org (10:56)
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