The Ruling on Delaying Prayer to Enter the Operating Room
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Question:
May Allah bless you. This questioner asks: How does a sick person pray, Honorable Shaykh, if he is to enter the operating room before the midday prayer, and the operation will last until just before the sunset prayer? What is the ruling in this case? May you be rewarded.
Answer:
If it is not possible to pray before entering the operation by delaying the start of the operation until the time for prayer enters and you pray, then you enter the operation and delay the prayer, combining it with the prayer that follows: the midday prayer with the afternoon prayer at the end of the time for the afternoon prayer, and the sunset prayer with the night prayer at the time for the night prayer. There is ease in this matter, and praise be to Allah. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good.
May Allah bless you. This questioner asks: How does a sick person pray, Honorable Shaykh, if he is to enter the operating room before the midday prayer, and the operation will last until just before the sunset prayer? What is the ruling in this case? May you be rewarded.
Answer:
If it is not possible to pray before entering the operation by delaying the start of the operation until the time for prayer enters and you pray, then you enter the operation and delay the prayer, combining it with the prayer that follows: the midday prayer with the afternoon prayer at the end of the time for the afternoon prayer, and the sunset prayer with the night prayer at the time for the night prayer. There is ease in this matter, and praise be to Allah. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good.
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/234 — archive.org (11:15)
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