What is the ruling on an elderly woman who cannot hear or speak?

The questioner : Yes. I have an elderly mother who has been unable to hear or speak since the third day, but we communicate with her through sign language. She does not know how to pray or how to perform ablution. Does she have any obligations? And what must I do as her eldest son? Should I perform 'Umrah on her behalf? Please provide a detailed answer, and may Allah reward you with good.

The Shaykh : This woman’s ruling in this world is that she is a Muslim, because she was born to Muslim parents, so she is a Muslim and there is no doubt in that. As for the Hereafter, she is also a Muslim, because the stronger position is that the children of Muslims have the ruling of their fathers, and the children of Muslims in the Hereafter are not tested. As for the children of disbelievers, their ruling in this world is not the ruling of Muslims. For this reason, if a child dies between two non-Muslim parents who are working in an Islamic country, it is not permissible to bury this child in the Muslim cemeteries. Why? Because he is a disbeliever by the rulings of this world; he is treated as a disbeliever, so he is not washed, not shrouded, no funeral prayer is performed for him, and he is not buried in Muslim cemeteries. As for the Hereafter, the correct view is that they are tested. The correct view is that everyone who dies among the children of polytheists or among people to whom the call did not reach, they will be tested on the Day of Resurrection. Allah knows best regarding the details of this test; we do not know its manner. But whoever among them obeys will enter Paradise, and whoever disobeys will enter the Fire.