What is the ruling on one who missed many prayers due to illness out of ignorance, and how does a sick person pray?

The questioner : This questioner says: I became severely ill at the beginning of the time, and as a result, I was admitted to the hospital. I underwent surgery and spent a long period in the hospital. Many prayers were missed, and I did not pray until I left the hospital, and this was due to my ignorance. Please inform me what I should do, knowing that I did not count them?

The Shaykh : I say that this ignorance which this patient had is a common occurrence, a common occurrence, and how many are the patients who are ignorant of the rulings of their religion regarding their purification and their prayer. For this reason, it is obligatory for the patient, may Allah grant you success, to ask. If he sees that he will not be able to perform purification and prayer in the usual manner, he asks: Is it permissible or not? And I am now summarizing this because of its importance.
So we say that it is obligatory for the patient, first, in purification, to purify himself with water. If he is unable to do so because of danger, such as if the water increases his illness or delays his recovery, then he purifies himself with tayammum (dry ablution with clean earth). If he is unable to do that, then he prays according to his condition, without water and without tayammum.
As for the prayer, it is obligatory for him to perform it completely with its pillars, conditions, and obligations. By the saying of Allah the Exalted: . And the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) to 'Imran ibn Husayn: If you cannot, So we say to the patient, my friend, and you throw the stones and leave them. If you are unable to stand, then pray sitting. Do you hear me? Sitting. Like this. And bow with a slight inclination, and prostrate on the ground. If you are unable to prostrate, then indicate with your head. If you are unable to move your head, then indicate with your eyes. You indicate with your eyes.
As for the saying of the common people that a person prays with his finger, raising it standing, this is the leading, he bows, he inclines it slightly, he prostrates, he brings it to here, my palm. Yes, in order to represent the finger as the role of the worshipper, standing and bowing. And we hired. So I do not know of any evidence for this, neither from the Book of Allah, nor from the Sunnah of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), nor from the words of the scholars. If a person is unable to indicate with his eyes, and unable to move his head, Abu 'Abdullah, then he intends with his heart. He intends that he has entered his prayer, he says takbir (Allahu akbar), he says takbir and recites the Qur'an. Huh? And he intends that he has bowed, so he says takbir. Yes? And he intends that he has raised his head, so he listens. And so on. What is the evidence for this? If someone said: The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said to 'Imran ibn Husayn: . And nothing else is possible. I do not know. So what is the evidence for what you said, that he prays with his heart? Be careful. Yes, we tire of your words. Abu 'Abid, the great deeds. The evidence for that is the saying of Allah the Exalted: "Fear Allah as much as you are able." And this is within his ability to say. And he is able to control. If he is not able, and not even speech, but he has his thought and his mind, then he intends with his heart the words, I, and the actions as well. And the prayer is not dropped as long as the mind is sound. If the patient says: My clothes are impure, and you delay yourself, and my body is impure, how do I pray? And what do we say? We say: Purify what you are able to purify, and what you are not able to, pray even if you are in this state. . And it is not permissible to delay the prayer, it is forbidden, it is not permissible in any way.
So this patient who mentioned that he left the previous prayers out of ignorance, we hope that Allah the Exalted will forgive you. And it is obligatory for him now, immediately, also, to make up the prayers. But does he make them up? Each prayer with its counterpart. Yes. Or does he make them up sequentially until they are finished? Yes. He makes them up sequentially until they are finished.
What do you say about stoning? A sick friend visited him, so he asked him about his condition. My condition. And about his prayer, he said: Praise be to Allah for the facilitation. It extends you. I have been doing this for fifteen days. I shorten the prayer and combine the two prayers. There is no. And he is resident in his country. What do you say about this answer from this patient? Do you understand the answer or not? The questioner asked this one who visited him. He said: How are you and how is your prayer? So he said to the patient: Praise be to Allah for the facilitation. Correct. Correct. Correct, is this or not? In the name of Allah. Is "Praise be to Allah for the distribution" correct? Correct, there is no doubt, praise be to Allah for the distribution, O doctor. But he said to me: For fifteen days I have been shortening the prayer and combining the two prayers. Is this correct or not? He says: And he is in his country, one, two, three. You do not agree. Do not raise your hands unless he resides. Come on. And I do not shorten the prayer. Shortening the prayer is a mistake. Combining is ready. Coming. For the patient, if it causes him hardship by leaving it.
As for shortening, it is not permissible for the patient. May Allah keep you alive. Did you understand, O boy? It is not permissible for the patient. Amen. Except if he is a traveler, then the traveler shortens the prayer even if he is not sick. For this reason, if this patient is being treated, Khalid, in another country other than my country, it is permissible for him, beautiful, beautiful, to combine and shorten. Because it is issues.
The cast, yes, if there is something on the limbs of purification that prevents, such as, let him wipe over it. Upon you. And do not worry. Yes, the evidence is that this cast traveled. It prevented the water from reaching the limb, or prevented the water from reaching the limb. Yes. And we have known from the Lawgiver that if the resident, if something prevents between the limb and the water, and it is something whose use is permissible, then it benefits, like a bandage, good. Yes. The earth with the patient, there is nothing wrong with it. Yes, yes. The evidence is that it threatens the earth. And from the dust. And. The bed is not dust, the wall is dust, but sometimes the patient is not able to reach the wall, and then the wall, according to some scholars, if it does not have dust, we cannot