Does the unconscious person make up the missed prayers and fasts?
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The Shaykh : And this is not a question. Come, O 'Abd Allah, bring it. Yes.
The questioner : We have three bracelets, and I have no bracelets; I have one.
The Shaykh : Do you have one? Fine.
The questioner : Peace. For example, if she faints for three days.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : If he faints for three days or more, whether in Ramadan or otherwise, does he have to make up the prayers and fasts, or are they dropped from him as long as he is unconscious?
The Shaykh : He is not required to perform the prayer or the fast; this is the stronger position. There is scholarly disagreement on this issue: some say he is required to make up both the prayer and the fast, and some say he is required to make up the fast but not the prayer. However, what appears to be the case is that he is not required to do either. If he faints before the dawn prayer until the sun sets, he owes no fast. If he faints before the dawn prayer until the sun rises, he owes no prayer. Yes, that is correct.
The questioner : Fine, if he regains consciousness, for example, before the sun sets, does he have to make it up or not?
The Shaykh : No, if he regains consciousness before the sun rises, and he is eating and drinking, he makes up that day.
The questioner : Yes, I mean regarding making it up.
The Shaykh : He is required to make up the fasts because he is like a menstruating woman. Listen, like a menstruating woman: if she becomes pure, then if the menstruating woman becomes pure during the day, she is not required to abstain from food and drink according to the stronger position, but she is required to make up the fast.
The questioner : We have three bracelets, and I have no bracelets; I have one.
The Shaykh : Do you have one? Fine.
The questioner : Peace. For example, if she faints for three days.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : If he faints for three days or more, whether in Ramadan or otherwise, does he have to make up the prayers and fasts, or are they dropped from him as long as he is unconscious?
The Shaykh : He is not required to perform the prayer or the fast; this is the stronger position. There is scholarly disagreement on this issue: some say he is required to make up both the prayer and the fast, and some say he is required to make up the fast but not the prayer. However, what appears to be the case is that he is not required to do either. If he faints before the dawn prayer until the sun sets, he owes no fast. If he faints before the dawn prayer until the sun rises, he owes no prayer. Yes, that is correct.
The questioner : Fine, if he regains consciousness, for example, before the sun sets, does he have to make it up or not?
The Shaykh : No, if he regains consciousness before the sun rises, and he is eating and drinking, he makes up that day.
The questioner : Yes, I mean regarding making it up.
The Shaykh : He is required to make up the fasts because he is like a menstruating woman. Listen, like a menstruating woman: if she becomes pure, then if the menstruating woman becomes pure during the day, she is not required to abstain from food and drink according to the stronger position, but she is required to make up the fast.
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الفتاوى الثلاثية (2) - 2 — binothaimeen.net (6:51)
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