What is the ruling on combining prayers for a sick person?
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Question : The questioner is a woman suffering from asthma, and sometimes she is unable to perform wudu (ablution), and she cannot complete it because dust enters her nose. So how does she pray? Does she combine the prayers after the attack comes upon her? Knowing that this attack lasts for two or three days?
Answer : Yes, it is permissible for her, while she is sick with this illness that causes her to be exhausted when performing wudu for every prayer, to combine the Dhuhr and Asr prayers, and the Maghrib and Isha prayers. I advise her, as long as this is her condition, to combine the Dhuhr and Asr by delaying them, and to perform wudu for both, and to combine the Maghrib and Isha by advancing them, so that she remains in a state of purity with one wudu for all four prayers, and she will have one wudu remaining for the Fajr prayer, because this is easier. And Allah, Blessed and Exalted is He, loves for His servants to do what is easier, as Allah the Exalted said:[Al-Baqarah 2:185] And His Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Indeed, religion is ease." And Abu Juhayfa (may Allah be pleased with him) said, "I accompanied the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and I saw of his ease," meaning I saw that he loved ease and making things easy for the Ummah, because making things easy for the Ummah has a great benefit. First, it is in accordance with the spirit of Islamic religion. Second, souls accept the religion with openness, expansiveness, acceptance, and complete submission. Unlike if strictness is imposed on them without evidence and proof, in which case there would be harm in that.
Answer : Yes, it is permissible for her, while she is sick with this illness that causes her to be exhausted when performing wudu for every prayer, to combine the Dhuhr and Asr prayers, and the Maghrib and Isha prayers. I advise her, as long as this is her condition, to combine the Dhuhr and Asr by delaying them, and to perform wudu for both, and to combine the Maghrib and Isha by advancing them, so that she remains in a state of purity with one wudu for all four prayers, and she will have one wudu remaining for the Fajr prayer, because this is easier. And Allah, Blessed and Exalted is He, loves for His servants to do what is easier, as Allah the Exalted said:
Allah intends for you ease
يُرِيدُ اللَّهُ بِكُمُ الْيُسْرَ
Source
قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، لقاء[28 من 37] ما حكم جمع الصلاة للمريض؟!! الشيخ ابن عثيمين - مشروع كبار العلماء — youtube.com
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