The ruling on one who leaves the prayer due to an illness that befalls him
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How does one make up a prayer that was missed for two days due to illness, and when is the makeup required?
This illness is either one that causes the loss of reason—Meaning: or one that causes unconsciousness. In such a case, there is no makeup required, because he is unconscious and has lost his reason, unlike a sleeping person who wakes up when awakened.
As for when his reason is with him, it is not permissible for him to delay the prayer. He must pray according to his condition, even if only by intention. Even if—hypothetically—he cannot move, he must intend in his heart the takbir, recitation, bowing, and prostration. However, some patients, due to the distress of their condition and their being in difficulty,You will find that when it is said to him: say,He said: "I will pray if Allah heals me." This is a mistake, a very serious danger. If he dies in this state, it is feared that he may be a disbeliever. Therefore, it is obligatory for nurses who care for their relatives to warn them if they say this,He says: saying, "Pray, even if only by intention." As long as the reason is present, is it possible for a person to lose his intention? It is not possible for him to lose it, nor his tongue. If it is assumed that he is unable to gesture with his head or his eyes, we say: the intention is sufficient.But in any case: If we assume that he did so thinking that there is no harm, or as some patients do, whose clothes are impure, and they say: "I cannot wear pure clothes or wash away the impurity. I will wait until Allah heals me and I purify myself."We say: This is also forbidden. Pray even in the impure clothes;Because Allah says: "So fear Allah as much as you are able" [al-Taghabun: 16] to the extent that he is able. If he is able to purify himself, he purifies himself; and if he is not able, it is dropped from him.
This illness is either one that causes the loss of reason—Meaning: or one that causes unconsciousness. In such a case, there is no makeup required, because he is unconscious and has lost his reason, unlike a sleeping person who wakes up when awakened.
As for when his reason is with him, it is not permissible for him to delay the prayer. He must pray according to his condition, even if only by intention. Even if—hypothetically—he cannot move, he must intend in his heart the takbir, recitation, bowing, and prostration. However, some patients, due to the distress of their condition and their being in difficulty,You will find that when it is said to him: say,He said: "I will pray if Allah heals me." This is a mistake, a very serious danger. If he dies in this state, it is feared that he may be a disbeliever. Therefore, it is obligatory for nurses who care for their relatives to warn them if they say this,He says: saying, "Pray, even if only by intention." As long as the reason is present, is it possible for a person to lose his intention? It is not possible for him to lose it, nor his tongue. If it is assumed that he is unable to gesture with his head or his eyes, we say: the intention is sufficient.But in any case: If we assume that he did so thinking that there is no harm, or as some patients do, whose clothes are impure, and they say: "I cannot wear pure clothes or wash away the impurity. I will wait until Allah heals me and I purify myself."We say: This is also forbidden. Pray even in the impure clothes;Because Allah says: "So fear Allah as much as you are able" [al-Taghabun: 16] to the extent that he is able. If he is able to purify himself, he purifies himself; and if he is not able, it is dropped from him.