Prayer and Fasting for a Sick Woman Who Has Lost Consciousness
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The questioner:
The questioner: Honorable Shaykh, there is an elderly woman, may Allah protect her, who has been in the hospital for nine months. She does not speak, does not move, and does not hear. She is in a state of separation, and she is fed through tubes. So the question is: should prayer be performed on her behalf, or should charity be given on her behalf for that fasting?
The Shaykh:
The Shaykh: She owes no prayer and no fasting, as long as she is in this state with no sensation, no hearing, and no awareness, she owes nothing.[Al-Baqarah 2:286], and no prayer is performed on her behalf, nor is fasting done on her behalf, unless Allah heals her and her sensation returns to her and her awareness returns to her, then she prays in the future. As for what has passed, she owes nothing, for Allah does not burden a soul beyond its capacity.
The questioner:
The questioner: May Allah preserve you.
The Shaykh:
The Shaykh: And they mentioned three, among whom was mentioned, so the one who has no intellect has no obligation and no duties upon him until his intellect returns to him. He performs the duties in the future, and as for what has passed, he owes nothing. Yes.
The questioner: Honorable Shaykh, there is an elderly woman, may Allah protect her, who has been in the hospital for nine months. She does not speak, does not move, and does not hear. She is in a state of separation, and she is fed through tubes. So the question is: should prayer be performed on her behalf, or should charity be given on her behalf for that fasting?
The Shaykh:
The Shaykh: She owes no prayer and no fasting, as long as she is in this state with no sensation, no hearing, and no awareness, she owes nothing.
Allah does not charge a soul except [with that within] its capacity
لَا يُكَلِّفُ اللَّهُ نَفْسًا إِلَّا وُسْعَهَاThe questioner:
The questioner: May Allah preserve you.
The Shaykh:
The Shaykh: And they mentioned three, among whom was mentioned
The sleeping person until he awakens, and the insane person until he regains his senses
النائم حتى يستيقظ، والمجنون حتى يفيق
Source
شرح بلوغ المرام من أدلة الأحكام [ صالح الفوزان ]، تتمة باب صدقة التطوع — islamhouse.com (13:22)
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