If one loses consciousness during prayer and then prays without ablution, he must repeat it
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The questioner:
May Allah reward you with good and do you well. From Algeria, a message was sent by my dear listener, Mubarak ibn Salih. He sent it asking and saying: I was praying the 'Isha' prayer when suddenly I was struck by severe dizziness that nearly caused me to lose consciousness. So I invalidated my prayer and rested. After the dizziness passed, I got up and repeated the prayer without renewing my ablution. Is my action correct? May Allah reward you with good. If
The Shaykh:
this dizziness caused you to lose sensation and reason, then you must renew your ablution, because the loss of reason is among the things that invalidate ablution. However, if you retained your sensation and awareness but felt dizzy while praying, this does not invalidate the ablution because your sensation and awareness remained. But interrupting the prayer is not permissible. So if you feel dizzy or lightheaded while standing, you should sit down and complete the prayer while sitting. Yes.
The questioner:
May Allah reward you with good and do you well. What do you advise, given what happened, Shaykh Salih?
The Shaykh:
As we mentioned, if his sensation and awareness were lost, he must repeat the prayer; because he prayed without ablution, he prayed with an invalidated ablution. But if his sensation remained, his prayer is valid. However, he mentions and reiterates that he repeated the prayer, he repeated the prayer. So if his sensation remained during the dizziness, his prayer is valid. But if he repeated the prayer based on the previous ablution, and his sensation and awareness were lost due to the dizziness, then his prayer is not valid because he prayed without ablution. He must repeat it. Yes.
May Allah reward you with good and do you well. From Algeria, a message was sent by my dear listener, Mubarak ibn Salih. He sent it asking and saying: I was praying the 'Isha' prayer when suddenly I was struck by severe dizziness that nearly caused me to lose consciousness. So I invalidated my prayer and rested. After the dizziness passed, I got up and repeated the prayer without renewing my ablution. Is my action correct? May Allah reward you with good. If
The Shaykh:
this dizziness caused you to lose sensation and reason, then you must renew your ablution, because the loss of reason is among the things that invalidate ablution. However, if you retained your sensation and awareness but felt dizzy while praying, this does not invalidate the ablution because your sensation and awareness remained. But interrupting the prayer is not permissible. So if you feel dizzy or lightheaded while standing, you should sit down and complete the prayer while sitting. Yes.
The questioner:
May Allah reward you with good and do you well. What do you advise, given what happened, Shaykh Salih?
The Shaykh:
As we mentioned, if his sensation and awareness were lost, he must repeat the prayer; because he prayed without ablution, he prayed with an invalidated ablution. But if his sensation remained, his prayer is valid. However, he mentions and reiterates that he repeated the prayer, he repeated the prayer. So if his sensation remained during the dizziness, his prayer is valid. But if he repeated the prayer based on the previous ablution, and his sensation and awareness were lost due to the dizziness, then his prayer is not valid because he prayed without ablution. He must repeat it. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 4328- من فقَد وعيه أثناء الصلاة ثم صلى بدون وضوء يجب عليه إعادتها - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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