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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Making up the prayer for a father afflicted with paralysis

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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, my father (may Allah have mercy on him) suffered from complete paralysis, and then died after I was afflicted with it. So, do I make up the prayer for him on these two days?

Answer:
No, the prayer is not made up for anyone. Delegation does not apply to it, neither in life nor after death, because it is a physical act. No one ever prays on behalf of another. However, your father is excused; it appears he is excused, and no prayer is required of him as long as he was afflicted with paralysis and no thought or awareness remained with him.
And no understanding, for the pen has been lifted from him along with the obligations, as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: The pen has been lifted
The pen has been lifted from three: the child until he reaches puberty, the insane person until he regains his sanity, and the sleeper until he wakes up.القلم عن ثلاثه الصغير حتى يحتلم والمجنون حتى يفيض والنائم حتى يستيطئ
. So if the pen is lifted from the sleeper until he wakes up, then the one afflicted with a clot or something similar is even more entitled to be free from obligation. Praise be to Allah
Allah does not charge a soul except [with that within] its capacityلَا يُكَلِّفُ اللَّهُ نَفْسًا إِلَّا وُسْعَهَا
[Al-Baqarah 2:286]
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Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 26 من 36/شرح العقيدة الواسطية (مع الأسئلة)/القنطرة بين الجنة والنار/صالح الفوزان/العقيدة — youtube.com (1:01:02)

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