Ruling on Delaying Prayer to Stay by the Side of a Sick Mother

Question:
This is a sister asking, and we conclude this blessed episode with her question. She says: I make du'a for the Shaykh and follow the Shaykh (may Allah preserve him). I have a mother, Your Eminence the Shaykh, who is advanced in age and bedridden. I have stayed by her side, and she has been overcome with fear, holding my hand so that I do not leave or depart from her, not even for a minute. She says: I am afraid for her, O Honorable Shaykh, and I delay the prayers all because of my staying by her side. Does any sin befall me for not leaving her, since I delay the prayer while she is sleeping or while she is unaware of me?

Answer:
You have done well, and this is dutifulness to your mother. Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) will reward you for it. Delaying the prayer, as long as it is within the time, the time of the prayer, is permissible, especially if the delay is for a pressing need. It is permissible as long as it is within the time.