The ruling on one who abandons prayer due to illness for four days
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Question:
May Allah reward you. This brother, Abu Ala, a Syrian resident of Riyadh, says: My brother was hospitalized for four days and did not pray because he was lying on the bed. After he was discharged, he prayed these prayers in order.
Answer:
He made a great mistake. It is obligatory that he pray, even if he is lying down with his feet facing the qiblah, as in the hadith: If he cannot do so, he prays lying down with his feet facing the qiblah. He prays according to his condition. [Al-Baqarah 2:286] He does not abandon prayer and say, "I will pray when I get out." This is not permissible. He prays according to his condition. If he is able to perform purification with water, he does so. If he is not able, he performs tayammum with dust. Praise be to Allah. Yes.
May Allah reward you. This brother, Abu Ala, a Syrian resident of Riyadh, says: My brother was hospitalized for four days and did not pray because he was lying on the bed. After he was discharged, he prayed these prayers in order.
Answer:
He made a great mistake. It is obligatory that he pray, even if he is lying down with his feet facing the qiblah, as in the hadith:
The sick person prays standing; if he cannot, then sitting; if he cannot, then on his side.
صل المريض قائما فإن لم يستطع فقاعدا، فإن لم يستطع فعلى جنب،Allah does not charge a soul except [with that within] its capacity
لَا يُكَلِّفُ اللَّهُ نَفْسًا إِلَّا وُسْعَهَا
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 7719- حكم من ترك الصلاة بسبب المرض لمدة أربعة أيام - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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