The Rawatib Prayer for the Sick Person
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A sick person asks: Does he pray the rawatib (the regular voluntary prayers attached to the obligatory ones), or does he limit himself to the obligatory prayer, so that he falls under the hadith of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): “When one of you falls ill or travels, what he used to do while healthy and at home is recorded for him”?
Answer:
If he is able to pray it according to his condition, just as he prays the obligatory prayer according to his condition, he prays it according to his condition. If he is not able, then Allah (Mighty and Majestic) records for him what he used to perform while he was healthy, because he did not leave it out of desire for it, but rather out of inability to do it. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A sick person asks: Does he pray the rawatib (the regular voluntary prayers attached to the obligatory ones), or does he limit himself to the obligatory prayer, so that he falls under the hadith of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): “When one of you falls ill or travels, what he used to do while healthy and at home is recorded for him”?
Answer:
If he is able to pray it according to his condition, just as he prays the obligatory prayer according to his condition, he prays it according to his condition. If he is not able, then Allah (Mighty and Majestic) records for him what he used to perform while he was healthy, because he did not leave it out of desire for it, but rather out of inability to do it. Yes.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من باب من أذن فهو يقيم — islamhouse.com (52:25)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.