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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Is the ritual prayer performed over a severed limb of a human being?

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The Shaykh : Yes, if a person’s hand, leg, or shoulder is severed from his body, the shoulder can be severed without the hand, yes? The shoulder and the hand. So, is the ritual prayer performed over the severed limb or not? The answer is that the ritual prayer is not performed over it, because the body from which this limb was severed is still alive and has not died. Yes, if it were assumed that a man was lost in a place of destruction or was involved in an accident where his body was torn apart, and only a leg or a hand was found, then the ritual prayer is performed over it. Do you understand? Unless he had already been prayed over, and then after he was prayed over, his leg was found; in that case, the ritual prayer is not performed over it.
Source الفتاوى الثلاثية (2) -1 — binothaimeen.net (9:29)

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