Rulings on the Ritual Purity and Prayer of the Sick Person
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What is the ruling for a person who is bedridden and unable to go to relieve himself—may Allah protect you—who wears a diaper on a permanent basis and is unable to change it for every prayer, due to the hardship involved? What is the ruling on his prayer, and how should his ritual purity be managed?
This—may Allah bless you—he may combine the midday and afternoon prayers, and the sunset and night prayers. He combines the midday and afternoon prayers by delaying them to the end of the afternoon prayer time, performing the ablution for both the midday and afternoon prayers. Then, when the sunset prayer time enters, he prays the sunset and night prayers by advancing them, and he suffices with the first ablution, performing one ablution per day and night for the four prayers, and another ablution for the dawn prayer. I hope that this will not be a hardship for him. However, if it is assumed that he finds it a hardship even in this manner, then he prays according to his condition.because of the saying of Allah the Exalted: [al-Taghābun: 16] .
This—may Allah bless you—he may combine the midday and afternoon prayers, and the sunset and night prayers. He combines the midday and afternoon prayers by delaying them to the end of the afternoon prayer time, performing the ablution for both the midday and afternoon prayers. Then, when the sunset prayer time enters, he prays the sunset and night prayers by advancing them, and he suffices with the first ablution, performing one ablution per day and night for the four prayers, and another ablution for the dawn prayer. I hope that this will not be a hardship for him. However, if it is assumed that he finds it a hardship even in this manner, then he prays according to his condition.because of the saying of Allah the Exalted: