A bedridden man for whom wudu' is difficult, and who uses diapers; should he perform tayammum?
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The questioner : He says: May the Shaykh advise, a bedridden man for whom wudu' is difficult, and who uses diapers; should he perform tayammum?
The Shaykh : Yes. I say: If this man finds it difficult to repeat wudu', then there is a method: If it is possible to combine the Zuhr and 'Asr prayers by delaying them, and the Maghrib and 'Isha' prayers by advancing them, he performs wudu' at the time of 'Asr. For which prayers? For which prayers? For Zuhr and 'Asr, and that suffices him for Maghrib and 'Isha'. He advances 'Isha' from the time the Maghrib time enters. His single wudu' suffices him for four prayers, because it is permissible for the sick person to combine prayers. As for Fajr, his wudu' is single. If he is unable to do so and it is difficult for him, then he may perform tayammum, because Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, has made this religion, and praise be to Allah, a ease. Allah, Blessed and Exalted is He, said:[An-Nisa 4:43] Or: here, "aw" means "wa" (and) [Al-Ma'idah 5:6] So we say: Perform tayammum, and the grace of Allah is vast, and the religion of Allah is ease. Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes. I say: If this man finds it difficult to repeat wudu', then there is a method: If it is possible to combine the Zuhr and 'Asr prayers by delaying them, and the Maghrib and 'Isha' prayers by advancing them, he performs wudu' at the time of 'Asr. For which prayers? For which prayers? For Zuhr and 'Asr, and that suffices him for Maghrib and 'Isha'. He advances 'Isha' from the time the Maghrib time enters. His single wudu' suffices him for four prayers, because it is permissible for the sick person to combine prayers. As for Fajr, his wudu' is single. If he is unable to do so and it is difficult for him, then he may perform tayammum, because Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, has made this religion, and praise be to Allah, a ease. Allah, Blessed and Exalted is He, said: