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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The cases in which a person is completely excused from prayer

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The cases in which a person is excused
from prayer entirely

Question: What are the cases in which a person is excused from performing prayer entirely?

Answer: No one is excused from performing prayer entirely as long as his mind is sound; because he prays according to his condition. The sick person prays according to his condition. He prays standing, and if he cannot, then on his side. And no one is excused from
prayer if he has reached puberty and is of sound mind. However, if he is a child below the age of puberty, or if he is insane, or if his mind is completely gone, then the obligation is lifted from him;As he (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
The pen has been lifted from three; for the sleeping person until he awakens, for the boy until he becomes a young man and for the mentally insane until he regains sanity.رفع القلم عن ثلاثة: عن النائم حتى يستيقظ، وعن الصبي حتى يشب، وعن المعتوه حتى يعقل
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1423Hasan (Darussalam)
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So the conclusion is that prayer is not dropped from the Muslim who has reached puberty and is of sound mind, as long as his mind is sound, but he prays according to his condition.

Question: So we can say: there are two cases: the case of being a child,And the other case: is it the loss of mind?

Answer: The loss of mind, yes.

Question: This is, of course, without exception for the cases of women, of course, those who are excused by the Shari'ah?

Answer: The menstruating woman and the woman with post-natal bleeding, yes, this is something else. For these, prayer is dropped only for the duration of menstruation, a temporary condition.
Source shamela.ws

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