The ruling on abandoning prayer in the hospital
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Question:
The questioner, Abu 'Ammar, says: Shaykh, my colleague was admitted to the hospital and slept for two days, but he did not pray. So I reminded him that he must pray to the best of his ability, and he said, "If I leave the mosque, I will pray them in order."
Answer:
And he erred in abandoning prayer in the hospital. It is obligatory for him to pray according to his condition in the hospital, each prayer in its time. He must not abandon prayer on the pretext that he is sick. The sick person prays according to his condition and does not abandon prayer. So he erred in this action of his. However, he must repent to Allah and make up the prayers he abandoned in the hospital, and he should hasten to do so, making them up in order. Yes.
The questioner, Abu 'Ammar, says: Shaykh, my colleague was admitted to the hospital and slept for two days, but he did not pray. So I reminded him that he must pray to the best of his ability, and he said, "If I leave the mosque, I will pray them in order."
Answer:
And he erred in abandoning prayer in the hospital. It is obligatory for him to pray according to his condition in the hospital, each prayer in its time. He must not abandon prayer on the pretext that he is sick. The sick person prays according to his condition and does not abandon prayer. So he erred in this action of his. However, he must repent to Allah and make up the prayers he abandoned in the hospital, and he should hasten to do so, making them up in order. Yes.
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/095 — archive.org (3:12)
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