What is the fate on the Day of Resurrection of one who was sane and then was afflicted with insanity?
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: What about one who was sane and then was afflicted with insanity? Does he become one of the third category who have no sin?
Answer:
It becomes two categories: one is that he was among those of legal capacity during his time of sanity, and the other is that he was not among those of legal capacity, so the obligation of legal capacity is lifted from him for the period during which it overtook him. Yes. And this brings up, this brings up the Shaykh’s statement in it. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: What about one who was sane and then was afflicted with insanity? Does he become one of the third category who have no sin?
Answer:
It becomes two categories: one is that he was among those of legal capacity during his time of sanity, and the other is that he was not among those of legal capacity, so the obligation of legal capacity is lifted from him for the period during which it overtook him. Yes. And this brings up, this brings up the Shaykh’s statement in it. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [166 -858] من كان عاقلا ثم أصيب بالجنون، ما مآله يوم القيامة؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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