How to perform ritual purity and prayer for one afflicted with a non-critical illness
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We testify to Allah regarding your love for us in Allah. There is a woman who was among the best of women in character and religion; she learned for the sake of the Book of Allah (Mighty and Majestic). After she reached fifty, she was afflicted with severe fear; she imagines things that are not felt in reality, and she became afraid of performing wudu' (the ablution for prayer) and does not perform it, but rather rubs herself with dust. Is that valid for her? Sometimes she delays the prayer beyond its time. What is your opinion regarding the condition of this woman?
First: May Allah love you as you have loved us in Him, and may He make us and you among the close friends of Allah. This woman, without doubt, is afflicted with an illness. It is not permissible for her to perform tayammum (dry ablution with clean earth) while she is capable of using water. It is obligatory for her to be patient and persevere, and to exert herself until she prays with water; because what afflicts her during wudu' with water may be from Shaytan to prevent her from doing what is obligatory. It is obligatory for her to pray according to her condition, whether she is standing, sitting, or lying down. She should not delay it beyond its time unless the prayer is one that can be combined with the one following it, and that is easier for her, in which case there is no harm in combining them. She bears a sin; because this is not a physical inability.We say: Fear Allah as much as you are able. This is a mental inability and imaginations. If she resolves, seeks refuge in Allah from the accursed Shaytan, and breaks these imaginations, she will benefit.
First: May Allah love you as you have loved us in Him, and may He make us and you among the close friends of Allah. This woman, without doubt, is afflicted with an illness. It is not permissible for her to perform tayammum (dry ablution with clean earth) while she is capable of using water. It is obligatory for her to be patient and persevere, and to exert herself until she prays with water; because what afflicts her during wudu' with water may be from Shaytan to prevent her from doing what is obligatory. It is obligatory for her to pray according to her condition, whether she is standing, sitting, or lying down. She should not delay it beyond its time unless the prayer is one that can be combined with the one following it, and that is easier for her, in which case there is no harm in combining them. She bears a sin; because this is not a physical inability.We say: Fear Allah as much as you are able. This is a mental inability and imaginations. If she resolves, seeks refuge in Allah from the accursed Shaytan, and breaks these imaginations, she will benefit.