The Prayer of an Elderly Woman Who Cannot Perform Wudu
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, there is an elderly woman who cannot perform wudu. When she prays on a day, she does not complete the recitation; rather, sometimes she recites it when she hears the prayer, and sometimes she does not recite al-Fatihah because of her condition, so the recitation is excused for her.
Answer:
What was said to her was to think, and he says: You are to command her to pray, and she prays according to her condition,[Al-Baqarah 2:286], she prays according to her condition. However, if her mind is completely lost, if she has no mind, then if she prays, it is upon her.
Honorable Shaykh, there is an elderly woman who cannot perform wudu. When she prays on a day, she does not complete the recitation; rather, sometimes she recites it when she hears the prayer, and sometimes she does not recite al-Fatihah because of her condition, so the recitation is excused for her.
Answer:
What was said to her was to think, and he says: You are to command her to pray, and she prays according to her condition,
Allah does not charge a soul except [with that within] its capacity
لَا يُكَلِّفُ اللَّهُ نَفْسًا إِلَّا وُسْعَهَا
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 01 من 13 / شرح العقيدة الطحاوية/بيان عقيدة أهل السنة والجماعة/صالح الفوزان/العقيدة/كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:09:01)
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