The Exemption of the Elderly, Ill Shaykh from Prayer
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: My father is an elderly man and he is ill. He says: Is it dropped from him? Is the prayer dropped from him? His father says: My father is an elderly man and ill, so is the obligatory prayer dropped from him?
Answer:
As long as his mind is sound, the prayer is not dropped from him, but he prays according to his condition. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: My father is an elderly man and he is ill. He says: Is it dropped from him? Is the prayer dropped from him? His father says: My father is an elderly man and ill, so is the obligatory prayer dropped from him?
Answer:
As long as his mind is sound, the prayer is not dropped from him, but he prays according to his condition. Yes.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، ذكر الآثار عن تابعي التابعين ومن بعدهم — islamhouse.com (1:04:46)
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