The ruling on the prayer of an elderly person who makes mistakes in al-Fatihah and is difficult to teach
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. There is an elderly person who makes many mistakes in al-Fatihah, and it is difficult to teach him because of his frequent forgetfulness and his inability to understand what we say. He says: What is to be done in a case like this?
Answer:
The action is to let him pray,[Al-Baqarah 2:286], he recites according to his ability, and praise be to Allah. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. There is an elderly person who makes many mistakes in al-Fatihah, and it is difficult to teach him because of his frequent forgetfulness and his inability to understand what we say. He says: What is to be done in a case like this?
Answer:
The action is to let him pray,
Allah does not charge a soul except [with that within] its capacity
لَا يُكَلِّفُ اللَّهُ نَفْسًا إِلَّا وُسْعَهَا
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من باب حكم من لم يحسن فرض القراءة — islamhouse.com (47:50)
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