The Fajr prayer in congregation for the elderly, blind father in the cold
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: My father is old, very old, and he is keen to perform the prayer in the mosque. However, in the cold, he cannot put the key in the lock of the house because of how much he is affected by the cold. My mother is sick and does not move much, and she cannot help him. He is blind. His question is: Is it obligatory for my father to pray the Fajr prayer in congregation when the cold is severe?
Answer:
It is obligatory for him to have one servant from the workers to serve him, and he should count it as a good deed, and let him walk with him and open the door for him. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: My father is old, very old, and he is keen to perform the prayer in the mosque. However, in the cold, he cannot put the key in the lock of the house because of how much he is affected by the cold. My mother is sick and does not move much, and she cannot help him. He is blind. His question is: Is it obligatory for my father to pray the Fajr prayer in congregation when the cold is severe?
Answer:
It is obligatory for him to have one servant from the workers to serve him, and he should count it as a good deed, and let him walk with him and open the door for him. Yes.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل ثم إن في اتخاذ القبور أعيادًا من المفاسد العظيمة ... — islamhouse.com (1:04:02)
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