Grooming the Elderly Person and Tying His Hands for His Own Benefit
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The questioner:
You also ask about washing an elderly person, specifically if he does not understand or is unable to distinguish?
The Shaykh:
Yes, meaning the intention is to wash his private parts after a state of ritual impurity.
The questioner:
Yes, Shaykh.
The Shaykh:
There is nothing wrong with that, but you should place a barrier in between; she inserts her hand through the barrier, and the hand should also have a glove or a wrap on it. She washes the exit and pours water over it. Yes.
The questioner:
And sometimes we say that we are forced to restrain, meaning one of his hands or both of them, to the bed for the sake of, for example, some nutrients or some things, and he is distressed by this. What is the ruling?
The Shaykh:
If this is for his benefit, there is nothing wrong with it, even if he is distressed to some extent. Yes.
You also ask about washing an elderly person, specifically if he does not understand or is unable to distinguish?
The Shaykh:
Yes, meaning the intention is to wash his private parts after a state of ritual impurity.
The questioner:
Yes, Shaykh.
The Shaykh:
There is nothing wrong with that, but you should place a barrier in between; she inserts her hand through the barrier, and the hand should also have a glove or a wrap on it. She washes the exit and pours water over it. Yes.
The questioner:
And sometimes we say that we are forced to restrain, meaning one of his hands or both of them, to the bed for the sake of, for example, some nutrients or some things, and he is distressed by this. What is the ruling?
The Shaykh:
If this is for his benefit, there is nothing wrong with it, even if he is distressed to some extent. Yes.
Source
قناة «مكة و المدينة»، 06 / فتاوى على الهواء - 13 02 1437هـ _ الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (29:24)
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